{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1992-29/annex-II/division-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1992-29/annex-II/division-II.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1992/29",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 92/29/EEC of 31 March 1992 on the minimum safety and health requirements for improved medical treatment on board vessels",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1992-29",
  "path": "annex/II/division/II",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "MEDICAL EQUIPMENT",
  "text": "Under the conditions of use prescribed by national laws and/or practices\nCategories of vessels\nA\nB\nC\n1. Resuscitation equipment\n— Ambu bag (or equivalent); supplied with large, medium and small masks\nx\nx\n— Appliance for the administration of oxygen with pressure-reducing valve such that ship’s industrial oxygen can be used, or oxygen container\nx\nx\n— Mechanical aspirator to clear upper respiratory passages\nx\nx\n2. Dressing and suturing equipment\n— Tourniquets\nx\nx\nx\n— Disposable suture stapler or suture kit with needles\nx\nx\n— Adhesive elastic bandage\nx\nx\nx\n— Gauze strips\nx\nx\n— Tubular gauze for finger bandages\nx\n— Sterile gauze compresses\nx\nx\nx\n— Sterile sheet for burns victims\nx\nx\n— Triangular sling\nx\nx\n— Disposable gloves\nx\nx\nx\n— Adhesive dressings\nx\nx\nx\n— Sterile compression bandages\nx\nx\nx\n— Adhesive sutures or zinc oxide bandages\nx\nx\nx\n— Non-absorbable sutures with needles\nx\n— Vaseline gauze\nx\nx\n3. Instruments\n— Disposable scalpels\nx\n— Instrument box made of suitable material\nx\nx\n— Scissors\nx\nx\n— Dissecting forceps\nx\nx\n— Haemostatic clamps\nx\nx\n— Needle forceps\nx\n— Disposable razors\nx\n4. Examination and monitoring equipment\n— Disposable tongue depressors\nx\nx\n— Reactive strips for urine analysis\nx\n— Temperature charts\nx\n— Medical evacuation sheets\nx\nx\n— Stethoscope\nx\nx\n— Sphygmomanometer\nx\nx\n— Medical thermometer\nx\nx\n— Hypothermic thermometer\nx\nx\n— Quick malaria test, carriage shall be dependent upon operational area\nx\nx\n5. Equipment for injection, perfusion, puncture and catheterisation\n— Bladder drainage equipment (suitable for men and women)\nx\n— Intravenous infusion set\nx\nx\n— Disposable syringes and needles\nx\nx\n6. General medical equipment\n— Personal protective medical and nursing equipment\nx\nx\n— Bedpan\nx\n— Hot-water bottle\nx\n— Urine bottle\nx\n— Ice bag\nx\n7. Immobilisation and setting equipment\n— Set of splints of different sizes for the extremities\nx\nx\n— Collar for neck immobilisation\nx\nx\n8. Disinfection, disinsectisation and prophylaxis\n— Water-disinfection compound\nx\n— Liquid insecticide\nx\n— Powder insecticide\nx",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1834 of 24 October 2019 amending Annexes II and IV to Council Directive 92/29/EEC as regards purely technical adaptations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Under the conditions of use prescribed by national laws and/or practices"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1992/29/annex/II/division/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:23.034157+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}