Comments on: Recycling Your First Aid Kit

By: goo

goo — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:32:05 +0000

Hi Jenny, I hope to publish an update shortly with relevant list. Thanks for stopping by.

By: Jenny Watt

Jenny Watt — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:52:45 +0000

Hi I work for Disney and we have out of date medical supplies that I would like to pass on rather than just bin. Being a big recycler I hate to just dump. Please could you supply a list of charities. Thanks.

By: goo

goo — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:22:19 +0000

Wow, yes that would be great. Please leave a list, I’m sure lots of people would be interested. Thanks for your input, much appreciated!

By: pre-doc-1

pre-doc-1 — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:50:17 +0000

if you have any medical supplies, such as found in a common first aid kit, it would have huge benifits to charities aboard that use out of date stock, as they have nothing else to use, sending a few out of date bandages can save a life, seriously! if you feel that this is an option i have a list of medical facilites that i work with that are i need of any medical supplies regardless of damage or date.

By: goo

goo — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:09:21 +0000

Or start making your own wines and jams Robin! Thanks for the info and the comment.

By: Robin Forder

Robin Forder — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:16:53 +0000

Sterile first aid items do have an expiry date, and, according to correct procedure, they shouldn’t be used afterwards. I’ve just checked through the first aid box at work, and there are 11 medium bandages, four eye bandages and a number of moist cleansing tissues out of date. The wipes can be used as computer wipes, I suppose. I’m not sure about the rest; perhaps I could put them in the clothes recycling bin at Sainsbury’s, as they are cloth after all.

By: goo

goo — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:32:36 +0000

Great idea Sandra, thanks. Our daughter has just joined the Scouts, I’ll bear this in mind.

By: sandra

sandra — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:08:32 +0000

We give ours to the Guides and Scouts to use for First Aid practise.

By: goo

goo — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:12:12 +0000

Neither did I Stephen until I attended a recent first aid training session! I don’t think first aid items actually have an expiry date as such, it’s more a ‘best before’ type thing. The foil shock blankets I think should be okay, but I only need so many of them, I work with small children not in a war zone!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:34:11 +0000

I was not aware that non-sterile first aid items, such as triangular bandages and especially foil shock blankets, had an expiry date.