Guides
Straight answers on cleaning, covering and caring for everyday wounds — written to be genuinely useful rather than to sell you something.
What an island dressing is
The name describes the construction: a pad sitting as an island in a sea of adhesive.
Read the guide →Foam, film or fabric? Dressing types compared
Four common constructions, what each is good at, and where each falls down.
Read the guide →Accident books and RIDDOR: what to record and report
Record everything. Report the specific categories the regulations define, within the time limits.
Read the guide →When you need a first aid room
Not every workplace needs one. Where the risk assessment indicates it, there are expectations about what it contains.
Read the guide →Inner or carton? Understanding trade pack quantities
The terms are used inconsistently across suppliers. Here is what they mean in ours.
Read the guide →First aid in a low-hazard office
The duty still applies. It is just proportionate, and proportionate does not mean nothing.
Read the guide →First aid provision on construction sites
Higher hazard, changing site layout and a workforce that moves. Provision has to move with it.
Read the guide →First aid supplies for schools
High volume, low severity, and a lot of it happens outdoors at break time.
Read the guide →Stock rotation: a five-minute habit that prevents write-offs
First in, first out. Simple, and almost universally ignored until something expires.
Read the guide →Buying dressings in bulk without wasting money
Bulk only saves money if you use the stock before it expires. Work from consumption, not from the discount.
Read the guide →Stocking wound care in a care home
Fragile skin, high volume and audit requirements. Buying patterns look different from a workplace kit.
Read the guide →Why food environments use blue detectable dressings
Two features, for two different failure modes: visible if it falls in, findable if it is not seen.
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