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Document ID (ISN)59986
CIS number 93-506
ISBN(s) 9971-915-37-5
Year 1992
Convention or series no.
Title Your guide to first-aid facilities in factories
Bibliographic information Department of Industrial Health, Ministry of Labour, 18 Havelock Road No.05-01, 0105 Singapore, Republic of Singapore, Mar. 1992. 20p. 4 ref.
Abstract Guide to the setting up of first-aid facilities in Singapore factories, in accordance with provisions of the Factories Act (CIS 91-703). Summary: components of industrial first-aid facilities; first aiders (numbers required, selection, training, responsibilities); first-aid boxes and rooms; special requirements (provision for mass casualties, special instructions relating to rarely-used chemicals, protective clothing and equipment, clearing up after administration of first aid); record keeping of treatment. In appendices: recognised first-aid training centres in Singapore; recommended minimum contents of first-aid boxes; recommended facilities for first-aid rooms.
Descriptors (primary) first aid; Singapore
Descriptors (secondary) first-aid equipment; first-aid training; first-aid attendants; directive; personal protective equipment
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Country / State or ProvinceSingapore
Subject(s) Medicine, hygiene and first aid
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) First aid and emergency organization