UNSPSC 10101809: Leeches

The medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, which is native to Europe, and its congeners have been used for clinical bloodletting for thousands of years.

UNSPSC 10101809 Leeches, a Commodity code, covers the procurement of live leeches for medical and therapeutic use by state and local health systems, hospitals, and clinical facilities. State and local governments purchase leeches primarily for reconstructive and plastic surgery applications, including microsurgical tissue reconstruction, venous congestion relief, and related wound-healing protocols where the organisms' anticoagulant and vasodilatory secretions support graft and flap viability. The code also encompasses leeches used in laboratory and research settings within state universities and public health institutions. Purchasing bodies include state health departments, county hospital systems, municipal medical centers, and academic medical institutions within public university systems.

The source provided contains no recent state or local contract opportunities under this code. Without posted solicitations, the geographic spread and current market activity cannot be characterized from available records.