Council Directive 92/29/EECShow full title

Council Directive 92/29/EEC of 31 March 1992 on the minimum safety and health requirements for improved medical treatment on board vessels

[F1II. MEDICAL EQUIPMENT U.K.

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Under the conditions of use prescribed by national laws and/or practices]

Categories of vessels
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