UNSPSC 41131614: Automated coombs test systems

In this classification, an automated Coombs test system is a device used to detect and identify antibodies in patient sera or antibodies bound to red cells. The Coombs test is used for the diagnosis of hemolytic disease of the newborn, and autoimmune hemolytic anemia. The test is also used in cross matching and in investigating transfusion reactions and drug-induced red cell sensitization. US FDA regulates Automated coombs test systems under 21 CFR 864.9300 and under FDA product code KSM.

UNSPSC 41131614 Automated Coombs test systems (Commodity) shows no relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The three posted opportunities tagged to this code—janitorial and operational supplies for a county fire rescue department, career technical education instructional resources for a school district, and emergency refrigerated truck rental for a police evidence unit—fall outside the scope of automated blood-typing laboratory equipment that the code nominally describes. The mismatch suggests either miscoding in the state and local procurement systems or that this particular commodity code does not generate regular solicitation volume among state, county, city, and school district buyers.

No representative recent opportunities under this code are available to guide pursuit strategy or to characterize the mix of issuing bodies or geographic spread of actual demand for automated Coombs test systems in state and local procurement.