A first aid room should be at least 9.3 square metres (100 sq. ft.). It should have the following:

Storage cupboards

A counter

A toilet, or have a toilet facility as near as practicable

The following first aid room equipment:

• 3          Blankets
• 1          refuse pail with lid
• 1          Package of paper towels
• 1          Eye lamp, self-illuminating, magnifying
• 1          Eye cup
• 1          14 cm stainless steel bandage scissors
• 1          11.5 cm stainless steel sliver forceps
• 1          15 cm stainless steel thin nosed plier-type forceps
• 1          Universal scissors
• 1          Penlight or flashlight
• 36        14 cm x 19 cm wound cleansing towelettes, individually packaged
• 1          150 ml liquid antibacterial soap
• 6          Cold packs
• 100      Sterile adhesive dressings, assorted sizes, individually packaged
• 48        Sterile skin closures, individually packaged
• 6          20 cm x 25 cm sterile abdominal dressings, individually packaged
• 3          30 cm x 40 cm sterile abdominal dressings, individually packaged
• 6          Sterile eye pads, individually packaged
• 200      7.5 cm x 7.5 cm gauze sponges
• 72        7.5 cm x 7.5 cm sterile gauze dressings, individually packaged
• 72        10 cm x 10 cm sterile gauze dressings, individually packaged
• 6          7.5 cm x 4.5 m crepe roller bandages
• 4          10 cm x 16.5 cm sterile pressure dressings with crepe ties
• 2          7.5 cm x 4.5 m adhesive crepe bandages
• 2          22.5 cm x 4.5 m rolls of adhesive tape
• 2          5 cm x 4.5 m rolls of adhesive tape
• 4          5 cm x 1.8 m conforming gauze bandages
• 4          7.5 cm x 4 m conforming gauze bandages
• 6          Cotton triangular bandages, minimum length of base 1.25 m
• 4          SAM splints or quick splint equivalent
• 1          #0l 4.5 m tubular finger bandage with applicator
• 1          Kidney basin
• 1          Wash basin
• 1          Cold instrument sterilizer with supply of non-rusting germicidal solution
• 1          Chair suitable for treating injured worker with a non-porous surface or covered with a non-porous material
• 1          Bed approximately 2 m long X 75 cm wide, with a mattress having a non-porous surface or covered with a non-porous material
• 2          Pillows with a non-porous surface or covered with a non-porous material
• 4          Sheets
• 1          Portable urinal, if overnight care may be required
• 1          Bedpan, if overnight care may be required
• Patient assessment charts
• First aid records

At a remote workplace (more than 2 hours’ surface travel time to a hospital), a first-aid room should be equipped to provide reasonable overnight care for two injured workers and be used exclusively for first-aid purposes.