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I would find a medical supplies distributor who can provide discounts for buying in bulk. I'm not sure what all you're needing, but check MCR Medical, North American Rescue, and FirstAidSupppiesOnline.com.

Cintas has service too. They wash your shop rags and uniforms too. There use to one called "Zee Medical too"

https://www.cintas.com/firstaidsafety/

It is much cheaper to do it yourself, but is a pain! I was in a manufacturing facility and finally got smart and assigned my First Aid team the task! They would complete a "Request List" and I just ordered what they needed!

I had the same issues with Cintas. Since we have Carrier Transicold dealerships, we were told we could get a corporate discount with Cintas since they had an an agreement with Carrier. I ordered all new kits for our locations to start fresh. Previously, when I first started we had Zee, but I dropped them due to issues. When I went with Cintas I was also told we would not be charged a monthly service fee. When I started getting the bills, I was not only charged for the service fee but also for replenishing THREE different styles of Bio-Freeze product! When I tried to contact our account rep I would get no response. Finally I found a number for higher up the food chain who told me the rep did not even work for Cintas anymore!! No one bothered to even notify me. When I told her my issues she stated "yeah, he was noted for telling customers wrong information." I told her I wanted to end the service and she tried to tell me she would drop the service fees as it was not worth losing a customer. I did not trust them at that point as I also found they were stuffing partially used boxes of supplies and charging us for a full box and not checking expirations on items. We do still use Cintas for uniforms and our shop rags but all is not handled by me.

I agree with Tom. I don’t have the time to go through each first aid kit. I swap it out used for a new one take the old one dump the contents. If and when I do Come across extra time, then I will build up a couple of kits. Otherwise, I have a 5 gallon bucket of medical supplies for an apocalypse.

Honestly my company pays Cintas to do this and they come bi-monthly to restock everything.

Do it yourself! Much cheaper to go to a drug store and buy what you need to replace. You are correct when you say band aids and gauze pads do not expire.Also get rid of all the items that expire that are not mandatory to be in your first aid kits. Much easier if you get inspected.
Medical replacement companies are expensive and will charge you a lot even if they replace one band aid in your kit they charge you for a whole new box!

Buy new ones and throw the others out.

You have to ask yourself, "How much is my time worth?" I was in the same situation with our first aid kits in our trucks. Refilling them yourself is cheaper, and you get to put in better-quality stuff, but it takes a lot of time. I recommend buying 40 truck kits so you can replace them immediately. With the old kits, you can go through them and piece some together for next time. I tried to have enough on hand to swap them out. Then you can concentrate your time on the wall kits.

Mason,

At my current job, we have two production buildings. Our problem was unfettered access to the first aid kits and keeping them supplied was a nightmare.

So, we set up first aid cabinets in each building's office. Using ANSI Z308.1 - 2003, Minimum Requirements for Workplace First Aid Kits as a guide for supplies.

We do not purchase assembled first aid kits, as we have found them to be expensive. We source the supplies through our approved vendors.

We simply send out the complete supply list to them and ask them for their best prices and that I prefer bulk versus the little packaged boxes.

When I was managing a fleet, I used the Be Smart Get Prepared First Aid Kit OSHA/ANSI, 351
count for crew trucks.

We got them from Sam’s Club for about $26. They will cost you about $15 online. I liked this one because the box was heavy-duty plastic and it was easy to take apart and clean.

When the crew needed a restock, they turned in the kit, I gave them a fresh one. Then I restocked the kit and put it back on the shelf for next time.

For single driver trucks we used a e Smart Get Prepared 330 Piece First Aid Kit. We bought these from Amazon.

Look at the “Be Smart Get Prepared” Amazon store for all their products.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/BeSmartGetPrepared/page/8E307976-F61A-46A8-A281-E92853192905?ref_=ast_bln&store_ref=bl_ast_dp_brandLogo_sto

If it has a date and it is a "non-perishable" item – open it up and look at it. I have found some things that deteriorate over time and weather or moisture conditions that are not usable or just gross.


Good luck - Bob

WOW...this post really "TRIGGERED" some responses in just 5 days. Congratulation Mason.

I will just sum up what I have experienced and piggyback off of what some have already said.

➡️ Having someone else (a contractor) handle your first-aid kits is the easiest. BUT...keep an eye on the invoices. I have seen companies already mentioned (there is no need to drag Cintas under the bus any more than we have to) that will replace an opened box with a new one and take the old one.
➡️ Doing it yourself is cheaper. But it will take time, and you'll need to set up a schedule to make sure you keep an eye on them. Plus, unless you have a safety supplier that you can drive to pick up supplies, you'll have to have the most used items in stock in your office.
➡️ You could do the first option and then assign the upkeep to someone in that crew or division. I like to try to empower employees that give them a greater purpose. Some might not want that job and other's welcome the opportunity to serve their crew/division better.

However, if you decide to order new boxes and do it yourself, may I suggest looking into "First-Aid Only" boxes. They have an amazing reordering system and we have used these boxes in all of our facilities. As far as the vehicle first-aid kits, we just buy the cheap Walmart ones and have supplies on hand in case something expires in the kit or they need to restock.

Another very helpful tip is when you do order in the new kits, find all the items in the kit that expire (alcohol wipes, triple antibiotic cream, eye wash, etc.) and write the expiration date on the outside of the individual box. This way when you open it up you can quickly see when the stuff will expire.

Lastly, in our wall-mounted first-aid kits, we do not allow any medicine. Everything from Tylenol, aspirin, ibuprofen, and even some cough drops will expire long before your employees use the products.

I have my PPE vendor monitor my kits monthly. They take anything that can or has expired and remove it. I only have 2 big 1st Aid kits on site for 50 men and I also have small kits in the gang boxes. It takes my vendor about 30 minutes monthly to take care of them and the also do all of my fire extinguisher's at the same time