UNSPSC 42131612: Medical staff isolation or cover gowns

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that has been rated by ssociation for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation for its protection against fluids and used as an isolation or cover gown by people engaged as medical staff. US FDA regulates Medical staff isolation or cover gowns under 21 CFR 878.4040 and under FDA product code OEA. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 621010.

UNSPSC 42131612 Medical staff isolation or cover gowns is a Commodity code under which state and local governments procure personal protective equipment for healthcare and occupational-safety settings. The recent solicitation activity shows substantial divergence from the code's narrow nominal scope: the NASPO ValuePoint master-agreement RFP (26RFP1433) targets a broad medical-supplies category rather than isolation gowns specifically, while the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (RFP20260825) covers physician-led employee health examinations unrelated to gown procurement, and a Sourcewell law-enforcement-equipment RFP appears categorized in error. When reconciled against the code's actual scope, only the NASPO ValuePoint opportunity aligns with isolation gown purchasing, suggesting the code sees limited direct activity under its precise commodity definition in recent state and local notices.

The NASPO ValuePoint cooperative-purchasing vehicle represents the primary recent opportunity, with South Dakota as the administering state and proposals due November 9, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time; the solicitation is open to qualified vendors and accepts submissions via Idaho's procurement system or the NASPO ValuePoint website. The geographic footprint spans multiple states through the cooperative structure, though specific participating jurisdictions and commodity-category details are not detailed in the available posting. The Washington State ferries opportunity, while tagged with this code, reflects occupational health services rather than gown supply and demonstrates potential category-coding misalignment in state procurement systems. The code shows modest recent activity aligned with its nominal scope, with the cooperative-purchasing master-agreement model likely the primary vehicle for isolation-gown procurement at scale across state and local entities.