UNSPSC 42142541: Spinal aspiration needles

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is a hollow needle commonly used for rapid delivery or evacuation of liquids in spinal aspiration procedure in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901832.

UNSPSC 42142541 Spinal aspiration needles is a Commodity code that does not align with the recent state and local contract opportunities posted against it. The code nominally covers a single needle product line, yet the opportunities tagged to this code span laboratory testing services, full-line medical supply distribution, law enforcement equipment, histology laboratory services, and spinal implants with surgical supplies — none of which involve aspiration needles as a primary procurement focus. Marion County, Oregon's July 2026 ITB for laboratory testing and phlebotomy services mentions specimen collection supplies generically but does not isolate aspiration needles; the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio's March 2026 RFP for spinal implants addresses complete spinal construct systems, instrumentation, and implants rather than aspiration needles alone. The code shows little relevant recent activity.

The issuing bodies across these misaligned opportunities include a county purchasing office (Marion County), a state cooperative purchasing alliance (Minnesota Multigovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Alliance), a special-purpose cooperative contracting entity (Sourcewell), a county purchasing services department (Brevard County), and a university health system (UTHSA). Geographic spread spans Oregon, Minnesota, Washington, Florida, and Texas. Because the opportunities do not substantively address the nominal scope of spinal aspiration needles, this code does not present a clear procurement activity signal for vendors in that product line.