How-To Articles

As summer approaches and the weather warms up, more and more people will head out into the wilderness for recreation and relaxation. Some people may be concerned about sunburn, heat related illnesses or other common summer worries but very few will consider the hazards of Lyme disease. Most of us don't even know what Lyme disease is, let alone how to contract it, treat it, or even prevent it. According to WebMD, Lyme disease cases more than doubled between 1995-2015. This article will help us understand what Lyme disease is, how to identify it, how to treat it and how to prevent it from occurring.

Every day thousands of mobile first aid sales people check and refill first aid kits all over the United States.  Since the early 1970's these reps have been making month visits to their customers and leaving their invoices.  If you have a first aid service, we want to tell you about 5 things a first aid service doesn't want you to know. 

Please see this link for the current ANSI 308.1 Workplace First Aid requirements and FAQ. 
With the start date of the new ANSI 2015 first aid supplies requirements taking place in June of 2016, we have put together this short 3 step guide to ANSI first aid compliance. You will learn how to:  
1. Determine what ANSI first aid kit you need  
2. Select the appropriate kit for your facility  
3. Maintain & refill your ANSI kit.

Everyone want a healthy worker and OSHA requires the employer to oversee and provide head protection for all workers exposed to these types of potential injuries. We've included 5 tips you should consider when searching and purchasing a hard hat for your employee.

Cooler changing weather brings sickness.  Don't let the cold & flu season get you down.   Even though these illnesses are easily passed from person to person, you can help prevent passing them to others and reduce your risk of catching them by simply washing your hands!  The CDC recommends these 5 steps to proper hand-washing.  Let's take a look and see how-to wash our hand the right way and reduce our chances from catching the common cold or flu.

Every day millions of Americans wear safety glasses to protect themselves from eye injuries. Tens of thousands of children wear safety glasses in vocational and technology classes in our public schools. Much attention is given to the proper use and warnings related to eye injuries and prevention but little is given to the care, cleaning and disinfecting of safety glasses. This is especially important for environments where safety glasses are shared between other people. This brief article will help us learn how to disinfect our safety glasses so they are safe and ready to use.

MFASCO Health & Safety has put together a FREE comprehensive eBook that walks you through the steps needed to manage your first aid kit.   This free resource includes 16 pages of step by step instructions ensuring you can keep your first aid supplies in tip top shape.  Our simple 5 step process covers everything from selecting products, sanitizing your kit organizing your products and much more.

Today we are going to make a first aid kit for camping in 4 simple steps. We will be using a special tool that is available to use for free which will allow you to make a custom first aid kit for any type of use. When finished, you be able to print a checklist, schedule a reminder to check your supplies, order specific supplies from the list or even order an entire kit.