Eyecare & Protection (2024)

Sterowash. Premium first aid supplies for eyes. Created by experts for businesses that care.

We are one of the leading suppliers of first aid products in the UK, with over 25 years of experience providing businesses with real solutions to real health and safety hazards. When it comes to eye safety, no corners can be cut. With our help, you need only take a few steps to ensure your workforce and business have the very best protection.

Why Choose Sterowash?

Our Eye and Wound Wash Solution

Our premium eyewash solution is at the centre of our eye first aid range. We’ve worked hard to bring our customers an eyewash solution that surpasses stringent UK regulations to help businesses be fully compliant with health and safety laws and protect their staff.

PH Eur 0.9%

Saline solution PH Eur 0.9% w/v is formulated to prevent irritation when absorbed. Its concentration means it won’t draw moisture out of the area and dry out the eye or a healing wound

PH Eur 0.9%

Saline solution PH Eur 0.9% w/v is formulated to prevent irritation when absorbed. Its concentration means it won’t draw moisture out of the area and dry out the eye or a healing wound

Antimicrobial properties

Its antimicrobial properties help prevent the spread of bacteria, viruses, germs, and pathogens.

Antimicrobial properties

Its antimicrobial properties help prevent the spread of bacteria, viruses, germs, and pathogens.

Pyrogen-free

It is pyrogen-free, meaning it does not contain any fever-inducing properties.

Pyrogen-free

It is pyrogen-free, meaning it does not contain any fever-inducing properties.

2-in-1 product

It is a 2-in-1 product that can be used as an eyewash or to hygienically clean wounds.

2-in-1 product

It is a 2-in-1 product that can be used as an eyewash or to hygienically clean wounds.

Gentle on contact

The solution is gentle on contact, making sensitive eye and wound washing easier and less distressing for the patient.

Sterowash is extremely versatile, making it ideal for children's eyes, itchy eyes, allergies, and emergency use. Choose an eyewash that UK businesses trust.

Gentle on contact

The solution is gentle on contact, making sensitive eye and wound washing easier and less distressing for the patient.

Sterowash is extremely versatile, making it ideal for children's eyes, itchy eyes, allergies, and emergency use. Choose an eyewash that UK businesses trust.

Our Eyecare Kits and Eyewash Stations

Our eye first aid kit and eyewash stations are ergonomically designed to help you deliver first aid in an emergency when you’re stressed and even visually impaired.

We design our eyewash stations to be easy to spot, with grabbable eyewash bottles that can be quickly opened and used at a range of angles. Our 20ml eyewash pods allow you to precisely administer Sterowash solution to clean hard-to-reach wounds. They can even act as eyewash pods for your pets.

Our eyewash plate and eyecare kit come with a mirror to help you locate a foreign body in the eye and self-administer an eyewash. They also come with eyewash instructions to refer to.

All our eye first aid kits and eyewash stations are made with lightweight materials and come with pre-drilled holes to help you install them on your premises.

Under the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981, all businesses must provide access to first aid supplies for the risks employees are exposed to on their premises. If your workforce is at risk of an eye-related injury, you must provide access to an eyewash station and eyewash supplies by law.

The HSE eyewash standard is stated as:

"If mains tap water is not readily available for eye irritation, at least a litre of sterile water or saline (0.9% w/v) in sealed, disposable containers should be provided. Once the seal has been broken, the containers should not be kept for reuse."

Your eyewash station must be installed a maximum of 10 seconds walking distance from the eye injury hazard zone. This is because it takes very little time for a contaminant to injure the eye, and the eye injury can be exacerbated every second it is not being treated.

Corrosive chemicals will burn on contact. A tiny shard of glass can move across the cornea under the eyelid and cause abrasions or become embedded. The quicker you can treat an eye injury, the more chance the casualty has of recovering fully and the less chance they have of damaged sight.

The best way to prevent and minimise eye injury is with a saline eyewash. Sterile eyewash solution dilutes and washes away harmful chemicals, loosens and sweeps out foreign bodies, and disinfects open wounds of potential infection-causing bacteria.

Professional Eyecare Insights from Steroplast’s Knowledge Base

We’re committed to spreading information and awareness when it comes to health and safety. Check out these articles to learn all about eyecare, eyewash stations and how to treat an eye injury safely in an emergency.

Equip your business with more first aid essentials from Steroplast

If you own a business that needs to provide an eyewash station to comply with the UK’s health and safety regulations, it’s certain that there are other first aid provisions you will need to implement in your workplace to keep your employees safe, too.

First Aid Kits

If you’re unsure what first aid provisions your workplace should have in place, go to our interactive first aid guide now: