CCO Insect & Plant Safety Kit

Part of CCO's Better Tools for Insect & Plant Safety collection: a compact, hi-vis rip-stop nylon pack (40 x 32 x 16cm filled) built to live in the trunk, the glove box, or a dock box, with everything you need to handle ticks, bites, stings, and plant contact reactions at the cottage. Backed by 4 in-depth companion guides covering tick, insect, and plant hazards across Canada, not generic first-aid advice.

What's included:

• CCO-branded compact backpack (outer mesh pocket, internal storage hook)
• PureGard Bite-Relief-Bag, packed inside: tick remover, itch relief patches, pointy tweezers, magnifying glass, tick storage vial, adhesive bandages, alcohol swabs, sticky roller, latex gloves (for tick removal), carabiner
• PureGard Botanical Repellent, 60 ml
• Calamine lotion
• Nitrile gloves (for safe handling of poison ivy, wild parsnip, and other contact-hazard plants)
• 4 field cards (5 x 7 in): Tick Detection & Removal, Insect ID & Treatment, Plant ID & Symptom, Protecting Your Pet from Ticks

Glove note: the latex gloves in the Bite-Relief-Bag are meant for tick removal and the nitrile gloves for plant work, but either type can be used for either job. If anyone has a latex allergy, use the nitrile gloves for both.

Free with kit purchase: full digital access to CCO's 4 companion guides, the deep-dive versions of each card, covering tick species and disease risk by region across Canada, the pharmacist same-day-prescription pathway for Lyme disease (available in Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick), anaphylaxis warning signs, poison ivy vs. wild parsnip first response, and pet-specific tick protection. Cottage Outfitters Community members get these guides free. Join at cottagecountryoutfitters.ca.

Sourced and fact-checked, not a repackaged US first-aid kit. Sources cited throughout include the Public Health Agency of Canada, Public Health Ontario, Health Canada, the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association and VCA Canada.