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AED Compliance Guides

Practical guides to AED inspections, maintenance, pads, batteries, placement, certification, recalls and grants, plus OSHA's eyewash and first aid rules. Each one cites its sources and shows when it was last updated.

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Every guide is written by Kyle Nowack, co-founder of AED Log, from manufacturers' manuals, state statutes and federal agency pages. Where a fact couldn't be checked against a primary source, it's left out.

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AED inspection and maintenance

How often to inspect an AED, what to check each month, what its status light means and what keeping it ready costs. Start with the monthly checklist.

AED monthly inspection checklist

The seven checks to make on every AED each month, how to fill in a tag or log sheet, and a free PDF.

AED inspection requirements

How often to inspect, what state laws and manufacturers require, how to test an AED and what records to keep.

AED maintenance

A monthly, yearly and after-use schedule, a maintenance checklist, and pad and battery costs by model.

AED self-test and status indicator

What a red or flashing light means on each brand, and what to do when a self-test fails.

AED pads, batteries and recalls

Pads and batteries expire on fixed dates, and recalls arrive without warning. These guides cover both, model by model.

AED pads expiration

Pad shelf life by model, why expired pads shouldn't be used, child pads, and how to dispose of old ones.

AED battery replacement

How long each model's battery lasts, how to check it, and what a replacement costs.

AED recalls

How to check whether your AED is affected, what FDA recall classes mean, and the AED recalls since 2012.

Starting and running an AED program

An AED program is the AEDs plus the people, plan and records around them. Start one in ten steps, then keep it running.

How to start an AED program

Ten steps from checking your state's law to inspecting monthly, plus what to budget for each year.

AED program management

What a public access defibrillation program includes, who does what, and the monthly, yearly and after-use tasks.

AED placement, certification and grants

Where AEDs go, how long responders' cards last and who helps pay for AEDs: the decisions around the device itself.

AED placement

Where to put AEDs, how many a building needs, mounting height, signs and cabinets.

CPR and AED certification

What AED certification means, how long AHA, Red Cross, HSI and NSC cards last, and how to renew.

AED grants

Federal, state and local funders for AEDs, with programs for schools, churches and fire departments.

Fire extinguisher, eyewash and first aid requirements

The other safety equipment on your walk-through. OSHA, ANSI and NFPA set the rules, and these guides explain them in plain words.

Fire extinguisher inspection requirements

Monthly checks, annual maintenance and hydrostatic tests under OSHA and NFPA 10.

Eyewash station requirements

When OSHA requires an eyewash station, where it goes under ANSI Z358.1, and the weekly check.

First aid kit requirements

What OSHA requires, ANSI Class A and Class B kits, and how often to inspect them.

Turn the guides into a routine

AED Log schedules the inspections, warns you before anything expires and keeps the records, for every AED and location.

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