Essential wound-care items for a home first-aid kit

A practical home kit may include disposable gloves, sterile gauze pads, gauze rolls, adhesive dressings, medical tape, a larger absorbent pad, saline or clean-water access, scissors, tweezers and an emergency contact list.

Keep supplies usable

Check expiry dates, replace opened or damaged sterile packages and store the kit in a dry, accessible place away from young children.

Match the kit to the household

Consider allergies, prescribed emergency medication and the activities of the people using the kit.