We introduced the Brenniston National Standard Workplace First Aid Kit range in 2013 to raise the benchmark in workplace first aid kit quality and compliance. The Brenniston National Standard is our commitment to quality and gives you peace-of-mind when choosing the right first aid kit for your workplace.

Under the Brenniston National Standard:

• Every Brenniston workplace first aid kit is designed to the guidelines of the Australian Work Health and Safety Act Code of Practice, ‘First Aid in the Workplace’
• Every Brenniston workplace first aid kit is made on-site in Melbourne, ensuring stringent quality control
• Every Brenniston workplace first aid kit comes under our Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods Licence ID 145972
• Every Brenniston workplace first aid kit is produced by Brenniston, a 100% Australian-owned family business

The contents of a Brenniston workplace first aid kit varies according to its type, size and intended purpose. 

At a minimum, all Brenniston first aid kits provide first aid applications for injuries including:
- cuts, scratches, punctures, grazes and splinters
- muscular sprains and strains
- minor burns
- amputations and/or major bleeding wounds
- broken bones
- eye injuries
- shock

Other determinants include:
- the nature of work being carried out at the workplace (eg. administrative, construction, food processing)
- the nature of the hazards there (eg. low, medium, high risk)
- the size and location of the workplace (eg. multi-level, remote)
- the number and composition of the workers and others at the workplace

All Brenniston first aid kit contents follow the recommendations found in the First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice, under section274 of the Work Health and Safety Act.

Each first aid kit has its own product page with description, specifications, workplace compliance and kit contents list. Click to open the kit contents list, which can be downloaded as PDF to re-order and email through, or simply use it as a kit contents checklist. Individual items can also be quickly and easily re-ordered by clicking from the list, to ensure you remain compliant.

The short answer is: our first aid kits follow national guidelines rather than state requirements. The national guidelines generally go over and above individual state requirements.

The longer answer is: our first aid kits are designed to adhere to the guidelines recommended in the First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice, approved under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (WHS Act). The Code provides practical guidance on how to achieve the standards of work health and safety required under the WHS Act and the Work Health and Safety Regulations. 

The WHS Act aims to nationally harmonise work health and safety laws so that all workers in Australia are provided with the same standard of health and safety protection, regardless of the work they do or where they work.

Under Australian work health and safety laws, a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU, usually the employer or entity) has a primary duty of care to ensure the health and safety of workers while they are at work, and of others who may be affected by the carrying out of work, such as visitors.

This duty of care includes provision and accessibility to a suitable workplace first aid kit that accommodates a wide range of first aid incidents or emergency situations, even if they may never occur. So you might not use every item in your workplace first aid kit... or that very item may one day save a life.

No. We only sell Brenniston first aid kits.

In most Australian states, work health and safety regulations recommend that standard medications be excluded from workplace first aid kits because of the potential health risks to some people.

But life-saving medication, such as asthma relievers (eg. Ventolin) and adrenaline auto-injectors (eg. EpiPen), may be kept if a trained first aider can either assist a person with taking it, or administer it to them. 

Personal prescription and over-the-counter medications other than mild analgesics (eg. paracetamol) and non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (eg. aspirin, ibuprofen) should never be kept in a workplace first aid kit.

The medical devices regulation now allows either "manufacture" or "expiry" dating for most non-sterile products like bandages and some cotton consumables, as their functionality is not expected to be affected by ageing if they are kept in the recommended storage conditions, ie. unopened, clean, dry, away from direct sunlight.

Dispose of and replace any product if it is five years past the "manufactured" date. A liquid product should be disposed of and replaced three years from the "manufactured" date, if an expiry date is not present.

Dispose of and replace any product if the "expiry" or "use by" date has passed.

Learn more about first aid symbols here.

Batch codes, or LOT numbers, identify a batch of products made under the same conditions and at the same time. They're used for traceability, recalls, or quality assurance in case of product defects, and are found on the individual item packaging and often the outer packaging as well, depending on the manufacturer. 

Learn more about first aid symbols here.