The kit bag system that streamlines trips and stock control
A medical bag designed by nurses, for nurses
Imagine every community nurse walking into patients’ homes, prepared for almost anything. Well it’s starting to become a reality thanks to the NTH Community Kit Bag – a sleek, lightweight modular system that keeps essentials at your fingertips.
With an exterior that’s fully wipeable and antimicrobial – including handles and zip tracks – it’s IPC compliant. And its smart colour-coding system enables fast access, meaning fewer trips back to the car and to base. A systemised approach streamlines stock control, saving money for your Trust.
All these clever features add up to one big advantage: freeing community nurses to focus on what matters most – exceptional patient care.
The community nurse equipment bag packed with innovative features
Flexible, robust and compact, saving time and money
- With an exterior made from fully-wipeable antimicrobial PVC material, including the handles and zip tracks, it’s IPC compliant.
- Its clever design doubles up to give you a robust, sterile treatment surface.
- Branded to your Trust or organisation, it enhances professionalism, making it easier for people to recognise and remember visiting nurses.
- A colour-coded system, bespoke to your Trust, makes selecting and restocking supplies quicker and easier.
- Compact design, complete with laptop/tablet compartment, to hold all equipment and fit snugly into the boot of a small car.
- Reflective strips improve the safety of nurses on evening visits.
- Kneeling pad provides more comfort for nurses working in a range of environments.
Results that count
Reduction in back to base trips
Reduction in travel time
Reduction in back to boot trips
Reduction in travel miles
of nurses endorsed the system
Save more than
per nurse
Save more than
across your Trust
Figures extrapolated from case study trial and projected across a year
Nursing medical kit with bags of options
- Choice of two sizes of boot bags/inserts
- Shoulder bag has detachable shoulder strap, rubber shoulder comfort padding and adjustable strap length
- Maintain the highest hygiene standards with our fully-wipeable antimicrobial surface
- Specialist Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) friendly zip tracks add an extra layer of security, safeguarding your equipment
- Ingeniously transforms into a robust sterile treatment field
- Can be fully branded to for a professional look
- Equipped with reflective strips that improve visibility, lending added safety during day or night visits
- Rubber feet to reduce wear and tear on the bags
- Configured to comfortably fit one insert pouch
- Big enough to contain one regular-sized laptop
- Detachable shoulder strap
- Rubber shoulder comfort padding
- Adjustable shoulder strap length
- Maintain the highest hygiene standards with our fully-wipeable antimicrobial surface
- Specialist Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) friendly zip tracks add an extra layer of security, safeguarding your equipment
- Ingeniously transforms into a robust sterile treatment field
- Can be fully branded to for a professional look
- Equipped with reflective strips that improve visibility, lending added safety during day or night visits
- Rubber feet to reduce wear and tear on the bags
- Detachable wheels to maintain IPC compliance
- Adjustable handle length
- Foldable wheel frame to fit snugly into a car boot or small space
- Maintain the highest hygiene standards with our fully-wipeable antimicrobial surface
- Specialist Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) friendly zip tracks add an extra layer of security, safeguarding your equipment
- Ingeniously transforms into a robust sterile treatment field
- Can be fully branded to for a professional look
- Equipped with reflective strips that improve visibility, lending added safety during day or night visits
- Rubber feet to reduce wear and tear on the bags
- Adjustable strap length
- Padded straps to maximise comfort
- Designed to evenly distribute the backpack’s weight across your body
- Maintain the highest hygiene standards with our fully-wipeable antimicrobial surface
- Specialist Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) friendly zip tracks add an extra layer of security, safeguarding your equipment
- Ingeniously transforms into a robust sterile treatment field
- Can be fully branded to for a professional look
- Equipped with reflective strips that improve visibility, lending added safety during day or night visits
- Rubber feet to reduce wear and tear on the bags
Sometimes the simplest ideas are the most effective
How our kit bag became a game-changer
Community nurses from North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust came up with the idea of a community kit bag in 2013. Frustrated by the inefficiency of using their car boot as on-the-go storage, they drew up plans for a compartmentalised bag that stored medical equipment in an orderly, hygienic way.
After prototypes, tests and consultations with nurses and infection control teams, that bag became a reality and they’re available to community nurses across the country.
What’s more, because we’re NHS-owned, every purchase helps fund patient care.
Who’s using the Community Kit Bag?
Success stories from the frontline
We’re incredibly proud that The Community Kit Bag secured a Bronze Award at the 2022 UK Business Awards for ‘Best Product Development.’
Community Kit Bag – quick answers
The Community Kit Bag has been designed with infection control in mind, which is why the whole exterior of all the bags is made from fully wipeable antimicrobial PVC material, from the handles to the zip tracks. The bags are fully compliant with IPC, however, as the design is bespoke to each organisation, those that opt for a net laptop insert rather than a plastic insert would not be quite 100% IPC friendly.
Yes, the community kit bag is designed to benefit all community teams, from district nurses to integrated sexual health services. The bespoke design means each bag can be adapted to meet the specific requirements for different teams and organisations.
Along with the main blue mobile bag, you will also receive the compact black boot bag, designed to hold all required stock in the boot of your vehicle, along with four colour-coded insert bags.
Yes, the Community Kit Bag is completely bespoke so you do not have to purchase the full system. Whether you just want to buy our main blue mobile bag, or you only want a couple of insert bags, we can work together to provide you with the right solution.
Yes, our bags can adopt a bespoke design to meet your department’s individual needs. We can also include the bespoke branding for your Trust.
Yes, each team can create its own inventory for the insert bags, bespoke to their team. The colour- coded system can be adapted, making kit easier to organise and identity for each member of staff.
The bag is lightweight and designed to prevent staff from overstocking as they carry it from patient to patient. Our unique system enables you to decant only the required equipment for each patient into one bag, therefore reducing the weight you carry around.
The bag’s robust design means it is built to last, and the increased respect staff have for kit by using the bags mean they are cared for and last longer. For example, district nurses from our Trust, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS FT, are all still using their Community Kit Bags manufactured in 2012.
The price for the kit bag system, containing all six bags, starts at £235+VAT. However, prices are subject to change depending on a number of factors, including the specific requirements of your organisation, cost of material and inflation. Prices may also be affected depending on order quantity.
We have partnered with carefully selected manufacturers to produce the bag to the highest possible standard. Having a range of manufacturing options means that we can fulfil demand and provide value for money, both of which are vitally important under current Brexit and pandemic conditions.