Category: First Aid News & Information
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8 Types of Adhesive Bandages for Workplace, Safety and Industrial Use
This guide explains the main types of workplace adhesive bandages and helps businesses choose the right option for their environment. Whether you need heavy-duty bandages for industrial facilities, high-visibility or metal-detectable options for food production, or lighter styles for offices and schools, each type is designed to match specific workplace safety and compliance needs. These…
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Discontinued First Aid Brands: What Changed and How to Stay Workplace Ready
Over the years, the workplace first aid industry has changed a lot. Manufactures merge, brands are discontinued or rebranded, and supply chains evolve. As a result, you may have noticed a first aid brand you previously purchased is no longer available on our website. This page is intended as a resource to explain why this…
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How To Get Cost-Friendly First Aid Supplies Online
It’s never too late to get prepared for emergencies. Most of us have a first aid kit of some sort at home, but it’s always good to carry a cost-friendly first aid supplies with you wherever you go. Kids have a reputation for tripping, getting scrapes and cuts during everyday activities. If you’re a parent, carrying…
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What Are the 5 Different First Aid Kits: Which Is Right for You?
Answer this riddle – what is something you should always have but hope you never need? A first aid kit! Whether you are camping in the forest, at home with your kids, or on a job site, you should have a first aid kit available and ready to use. But did you know that there are…
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Which First Aid Kit is Right for You?
As the first line of defense until emergency medical treatment is available, first aid kits and first aid procedures are critical to preventing further harm to someone who has sustained an injury at the worksite. Whether soothing a burn with hydrogel, wrapping a nasty sprain with an elastic wrap, or immobilizing a body part to…
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8 Health Tips for Manufacturing Facilities
Safety and wellness are part of an ongoing process that extends far beyond training and orientation. Organizations who embed safety rules into daily routines make it easy for workers to follow safe habits without having to think. Safety tips for the Workplace Safety is an integral part of any manufacturing operation. Plants should encourage an…
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ANSI Compliance Resources Page
Last month FASO did a press release announcing the creation of our new ANSI Z308.1-2015 compliance page. This page came into being while hearing from many of our commercial and institutional customers who were concerned about this new workplace safety standard. The new ANSI first aid kit standard sets out “the minimum requirement for a…
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Tips For Surviving the Flu Season
By this time you’ve heard the buzz about how terrible the flu season is predicted to be. Although workplace alarmists and flu professionals alike have contributed predictions about the severity this year compared to previous years, we won’t know for sure until this year’s flu season has run its course. If you haven’t already, now…
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Focus On Burns
June 17, 2015 So why are we focusing on burn injury and treatment in June, when you can get burned just about any time? Well, we needed a focus for the month, and June is the beginning of summer and all of the beaches, waterparks and outdoor venues of all kinds open about now. Being…