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	ISEA/ANSI Z308.1 American National Standard for the Minimum Requirements for Industrial Unit-Type First Aid Kits Buy ISEA Collections Online subscriptions to multiple documents on various subjects Info To speak with an IHS Subject Matter Expert call 1-888-752-0334, outside the US/Canada call 303-397-2892. More Top ISEA Standards...

ISEA/ANSI Z308.1 - American National Standard for the Minimum Requirements for Industrial Unit-Type First Aid Kits.

Foreword
Unit-type first aid kits have been manufactured and used in industry, federal, state, county, and city governments for over forty years. At the present time there are ten or more companies manufacturing and distributing unit-type first aid kits on a national basis. The-contents of the unit-type first aid kits are interchangeable with products from any of the companies manufacturing in accordance with industrial and government specifications.

Prior to this standard, the primary specification was General Services GGK-391a, dated October 19, 1954. The committee that worked on this standard for over four years is the First Aid Group of the Industrial Safety Equipment Association, representing ten different companies with experience of up to forty years in manufacturing unit-type first aid kits and contents. The concept of unit-type first aid is to provide bandages, antiseptics, burn treatments, and other products in standardized carton sizes known as "units." Each unit carton (see 3.5) contains one or more single-use items for their immediate, emergency treatment of victims of trauma.

The standardization of sizes of unit containers in single, double, or triple size provides for kits that stack like "books on a shelf' and allows quick access, easy identification, rapid inventory of contents, and economy of space. The contents of the units are designed for single use to assure sterility of bandages, stability, and extended shelf life of chemical components and elimination of wasted material. It also prevents the replacement of non-sterile or contaminated material that has been partially used.

This standard includes design specifications for the commonly used items in a first aid kit There are a large number of special-purpose items packaged in the units system. The assortment of contents of a first aid kit are approved by the consulting physicians, as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Act. The committee developing this standard did not choose to establish or recommend specific assortments. Individual company representatives work directly with consulting physicians to determine the contents best suited for the hazards to which the workers are exposed.

The committee also recognizes that first aid practices and recommendations can and do vary among industries, companies, geographical areas, and consulting physicians. The unit-type first aid kit concept accommodates these differences by establishing standard and interchangeable components (units), while leaving the assortment choice open to the qualified medical personnel.

Suggestions for improvement of this standard will be welcome. They should be sent to the American National Standards Institute, 1430 Broadway, New York, N.Y., 10018.

This standard was prepared by the Industrial First Aid Group of the Industrial Safety Equipment Association. The Chairman of the Industrial First Aid Group is Roland R. Clark, and the ISEA Executive Director is Frank E. Wilcher, Jr. The standard was processed and approved for submittal to ANSI by the Canvass Method. The following interested organizations were contacted prior to the approval of this standard. Inclusion in this list does not necessarily imply that the organization concurred with the submittal of the proposed standard to ANSI.

• American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Inc
• International Association of Fire Chiefs, Inc
• American Institute of Steel Construction Mining Enforcement Safety Administration
• American Insurance Association National Asphalt Pavement Association
• American Petroleum Institute National Association of Manufacturers
• Army Corps of Engineers National Electrical Contractors Association, Inc
• Association of American Railroads National Roofing Contractors Association
• Edison Electric Institute National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
• International Association of Chiefs of Police National Safety Council
• Copyright American National Standards Institute

Scope
This standard lists and establishes a minimum assortment first aid treatment packages made available by various manufacturers, from which a consulting physician may select the assortment to be contained in kits to best treat injuries peculiar to a given working condition.

Purpose
Packaging and manufacture of the more commonly used items supplied in the cases, such selection to be made by the consulting physician required by the Occupational Safety and Health Act, Subpart K, paragraph 1910.151 (a) and (b)

• (1) To provide standardized sizes of cases and unit
• (2) To provide minimum specifications for the
• (3) To allow complete flexibility in the selection of