NIGP 43516: Detergent, Surgical Scrub, All Types

NIGP 43516 Detergent, Surgical Scrub, All Types (Item) covers antimicrobial surgical hand scrubs, chlorhexidine-based formulations, iodine compounds, and alcohol-based surgical prep solutions that state and local health systems, hospital networks, and surgical facilities procure for preoperative staff sanitation. The code captures both bulk liquid concentrates and ready-to-use dispensers used in operating rooms, emergency departments, and sterile processing areas. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include state health departments, county hospital systems, municipal medical centers, and independent healthcare districts, typically through standing health-care cooperative agreements or direct health-system purchasing offices rather than general procurement departments.

No recent state and local contract opportunities are present in the available source material for this code. Activity under NIGP 43516 appears limited in the public solicitation record, or opportunities may route through established health-care purchasing cooperatives and standing vendor agreements rather than competitive RFP or IFB cycles. Firms pursuing this code should monitor state health department procurement channels, county hospital purchasing offices, and healthcare-focused cooperative purchasing vehicles such as regional group purchasing organizations (GPOs) for tender activity.