Safety First Aid D7010 HypaPlast Blue Detectable Catering Plaster, Assorted, Pack of 100

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The health and safety code and legislation for health and safety requires you to cover wounds in the workplace environment.

Plasters - Steroplast A Guide to Different Types of Medical Plasters - Steroplast

Value Products Ltd, 1st Floor Fleetsbridge House, Fleets Corner Business Park, Nuffield Road, Poole, BH17 0LA Steroplast Elastic Fabric Plasters. Voted the UK’s best-performing plaster at the best price by Which? You can choose plasters in fun colours and patterns too, especially if you’re looking for kids’ plasters. Getting hurt can seem a lot less upsetting if it means getting a plaster in a favourite colour. Children’s plasters don’t just offer fun patterns, though. They’re also usually washproof and gentle on delicate skin, so they’re practical too. Blue plasters are used in the kitchen because, in the event that your plaster falls off, their bright colour will make them easy to spot and dispose of. Blisters are mostly caused by friction, burns and skin reactions – if you’ve ever had your shoes rub your feet over a long period of time, you’ll be familiar with the painful bump.

The best plasters for food processing. Blue, electro-magnetically detectable, washproof, hypoallergenic, and highly adhesive.

Washproof and waterproof plasters Washproof plasters provide a resistance to water and are suited for use in damp conditions. They retain their adhesion through moisture and moderately wet conditions. For that reason, they are the practical choice for many injuries and are one of the required items in a British Standard compliant first aid kit. If you work in the catering industry, however, a regular fabric or plastic plaster will just not do though. This is because the likelihood is that after you have popped your plaster on, you will carry on with your cooking. A normal plaster, which is tan in colour, would be easily missed if it fell off into a saucepan of food, and if that happened you could potentially end up serving up your stewed plaster in a customer’s dinner! So when working in an industry that prepares, cooks and serves food, it is important that you use blue plasters to treat any minor cuts. In addition to the usual skin tone plasters , it’s easy to find other colours and styles. These include: Each plaster is printed with a unique LOT number and expiry date. Each box is individually barcoded. Blisters: foam heel plasters or foot plasters can be used to both soothe and prevent blisters from forming by offering a cushioned area and preventing chafing. Often people use heel plasters for shoes that rub to prevent blisters until the shoes have been broken in.

Standard Sterile Blue Plasters - First Aid 4 Less

Cuts and sores can carry harmful bacteria. Covering them prevents bacteria spreading to food. Coloured waterproof dressings can be seen more easily if they drop into food." Blue boards are useddifferentlythan other plasterboards, like green boards ( source). You need to make sure you are aware of these facts about blue boards before using it. Pain-relief plaster s: the local analgesic lidocaine is a common ingredient in pain-relief plasters, capable of soothing the symptoms of post-herpetic neuralgia, a painful skin condition that occurs as a result of shingles.Plasters are an adhesive strip of sterile material for covering light cuts and wounds. The purpose of a plaster is to prevent further damage or infection to the wound. Some plasters are designed for specific purposes. Blue plasters tend to be used in catering and other work environments, particularly in food preparation areas. The blue colour makes it obvious that you have a wound and makes the plaster easy to spot, preventing it from accidentally getting into food. They also have a metal strip that can be detected to make doubly sure they can be spotted. Maintaining hygiene in a food-preparation environment is essential and blue plasters help to make it easier.