 | Emergency Items Catalogue 2002 - Volume 2 (ICRC - IFRC, 2002, 614 p.) |
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Weight and volume of a medical consignment
General information
In some circumstances Logisticians have
to evaluate extremely quickly the weight and volume of a medical consignment.
This is the case when they have very little time to book a transport, i.e. at
the same time a consignment has to be prepared for an emergency and a way of
forwarding this consignment has to be found as fast as possible.
The list of weights herunder is meant to
help calculating in a few minutes the weight and volume of a consignment of
miscellaneous medical supplies. On purpose this list is not detailed, it
represents averages for each kind of supplies and only gives a rough estimation
(with more or less 20 % accuracy) of the weight of goods ready for departure,
including packing
Typical weight for major medical items
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Infusions |
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1 litre infusion in plastic pouch or bottle |
1.3kg |
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Ampoules |
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100 amp. 2ml |
0.6kg |
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100 amp. 5ml |
1.0kg |
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100 amp. 10ml |
1.6kg |
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Vials |
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100 vials |
3.5kg |
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Tablets |
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1000 small tablets |
0.3kg |
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1000 large tablets |
0.8kg |
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Urine bags |
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200 urine bags |
8.0kg |
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POP (Plaster of Paris) | |
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10 POP 10cm |
1.8kg |
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10 POP 15cm |
2.7kg |
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10 POP 20cm |
3.6kg |
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Elastic bandages | |
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10 elastic bandages 10cm |
0.5kg |
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Elastic gauze bandages | |
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10 elastic gauze bandages 10cm |
0.2kg |
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Gauze compresses | |
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Big 100m × 1 m |
3.0kg |
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100 sterilized gauze compresses 10 × 20cm |
0.3kg |
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25 packs of 2 sterile compresses |
0.6kg |
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Syringes |
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100 syringes 2ml |
0.4kg |
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100 syringes 5ml |
0.6kg |
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100 syringes 10ml |
1.0kg |
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IV canulas |
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50 IV canulas |
0.3kg |
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Gloves, surgical | |
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50 pairs |
2.5kg |
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Sutures |
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36 single pieces |
0.2kg |
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X-Ray films |
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100 films 24 × 30cm |
2.7kg |
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100 films 30 × 40cm |
3.7kg |
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100 films 35 × 43cm |
5.6kg |
The volume can be calculated as follows
Infusions
1 ton of packed supplies measures 2.2 cubic meters
Dressings
1 ton of packed supplies measures 9 cubic meters
Miscellaneous (all types of items together)
1 ton of packed supplies measures 4 cubic meters
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