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Council Directive 92/29/EEC of 31 March 1992 on the minimum safety and health requirements for improved medical treatment on board vessels
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a Under the conditions of use prescribed by national laws and/or practices] | |||
Categories of vessels | |||
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A | B | C | |
1. Resuscitation equipment | |||
— Ambu bag (or equivalent); supplied with large, medium and small masks | x | x | |
— Appliance for the administration of oxygen with pressure-reducing valve such that ship’s industrial oxygen can be used, or oxygen container a | x | x | |
— Mechanical aspirator to clear upper respiratory passages | x | x | |
2. Dressing and suturing equipment | |||
— Tourniquets | x | x | x |
— Disposable suture stapler or suture kit with needles | x | x | |
— Adhesive elastic bandage | x | x | x |
— Gauze strips | x | x | |
— Tubular gauze for finger bandages | x | ||
— Sterile gauze compresses | x | x | x |
— Sterile sheet for burns victims | x | x | |
— Triangular sling | x | x | |
— Disposable gloves | x | x | x |
— Adhesive dressings | x | x | x |
— Sterile compression bandages | x | x | x |
— Adhesive sutures or zinc oxide bandages | x | x | x |
— Non-absorbable sutures with needles | x | ||
— Vaseline gauze | x | x | |
3. Instruments | |||
— Disposable scalpels | x | ||
— Instrument box made of suitable material | x | x | |
— Scissors | x | x | |
— Dissecting forceps | x | x | |
— Haemostatic clamps | x | x | |
— Needle forceps | x | ||
— Disposable razors | x | ||
4. Examination and monitoring equipment | |||
— Disposable tongue depressors | x | x | |
— Reactive strips for urine analysis | x | ||
— Temperature charts | x | ||
— Medical evacuation sheets | x | x | |
— Stethoscope | x | x | |
— Sphygmomanometer | x | x | |
— Medical thermometer | x | x | |
— Hypothermic thermometer | x | x | |
— Quick malaria test, carriage shall be dependent upon operational area | x | x | |
5. Equipment for injection, perfusion, puncture and catheterisation | |||
— Bladder drainage equipment (suitable for men and women) | x | ||
— Intravenous infusion set | x | x | |
— Disposable syringes and needles | x | x | |
6. General medical equipment | |||
— Personal protective medical and nursing equipment | x | x | |
— Bedpan | x | ||
— Hot-water bottle | x | ||
— Urine bottle | x | ||
— Ice bag | x | ||
7. Immobilisation and setting equipment | |||
— Set of splints of different sizes for the extremities | x | x | |
— Collar for neck immobilisation | x | x | |
8. Disinfection, disinsectisation and prophylaxis | |||
— Water-disinfection compound | x | ||
— Liquid insecticide | x | ||
— Powder insecticide | x |
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