When does the mask requirement for the car first aid kit apply?

Created: 03/03/2022, 09:45 am

By: Anne Hund

According to the ADAC, anyone who does not have a first-aid kit with them risks a fine of up to 10 euros.

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If you don't have a first-aid kit with you, you risk being fined at a traffic stop.

Find out here what must currently be included in it.

In the

future, two medical masks will also have to be carried in

According to the German Medical Technology Association (BVMed), the new DIN 13164:2022 standard for  first-aid kits has been in effect

.

However, commercially available first-aid kits based on the previously applicable standard can

, as they are of equivalent quality, the association announced on February 1.

The ADAC, among other things, had previously reported that it was planned to

the first aid kit this year .

According to the ADAC, the corresponding DIN standard for first-aid kits should be adapted for this.

It prescribes what belongs in the emergency kit.

At the time, however, it was not yet

clear when the new regulation would come and when the

Read more

on its website

.

An adaptation of DIN standard no. 13164 is planned for

, which lists everything that is part of the emergency kit.

"In future, two mouth and nose covers (masks) must be carried as part of the first aid kit," the article on

continued .

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Traffic law stipulates that all drivers in Germany are obliged to carry a first-aid kit in their car.

According to ADAC, a "vehicle first aid kit according to DIN 13164" has so far included:

• 1 adhesive plaster, DIN 13019-A, 5 mx 2.5 cm 

• 4 adhesive bandages, DIN 13019-E, 10 cm x 6 cm 

• 2 first aid packs, DIN 13151-M 

• 1 bandage packet, DIN 13151-G 

• 1 bandage cloth, DIN 13152-BR, 40 cm x 60 cm 

• 1 bandage cloth, DIN 13152-A, 60 cm x 80 cm 

• 6 compresses, 10cm x 10cm 

• 2 fixation bandages, DIN 61634-FB-6 

• 3 fixation bandages, DIN 61634-FB-8 

• 2 triangular towels, DIN 13 168-D 

• 1 rescue blanket, 210 x 160 cm 

• 1 first aid scissors, DIN 58279-A 145

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Now the masks in the first-aid kit should also become mandatory.

A first-aid kit is essential in order to be able to provide help directly on site in an emergency, emphasize the ADAC experts in the article.

Drivers should

has passed for some or all materials 

 , these items must be replaced." Anyone who

carry a first-aid kit with them also risks "a 

 of up to 10 euros" in the event of a traffic check by car.