UNSPSC 42143609: Patient restraint boards

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a restraint board applied to a patient in a medical administration setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901890.

UNSPSC 42143609 Patient restraint boards is a Commodity code covering safety blankets, smocks, and restraint chairs procured by state behavioral health departments, county corrections and detention facilities, and municipal emergency response agencies for suicide and self-harm prevention, psychiatric patient management, and detention officer protection. State and local governments buy suicide prevention blankets and smocks for correctional and mental health facilities, restraint chairs for psychiatric and behavioral health environments, and stab-resistant vests for detention officers—a product family spanning both therapeutic restraint and officer safety equipment. Issuing bodies include state departments of behavioral health and recovery, county sheriffs' offices and detention authorities, municipal fire departments, and special-purpose behavioral health care facilities. The Philadelphia, Illinois, Harris County, Barrow County, and Garland Independent School District solicitations represent the primary recent activity.

Recent opportunities cluster in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. The Illinois Department of Behavioral Health and Recovery posted an ITB for restraint chairs in psychiatric and behavioral health environments with a three-day response window (due April 16, 2026, delivery by May 15, 2026). The City of Philadelphia issued a micro-purchase RFQ for safety blankets and smocks designated for suicide and isolation prevention (due July 13, 2026, $45,000 aggregate ceiling). Harris County Sheriff's Office released an IFB for Level III stab-resistant vests for detention officers with comprehensive sizing, alterations, and inventory management requirements (due April 27, 2026, anticipated one-year term beginning June 8, 2026). Barrow County, Georgia, procured suicide blankets and smocks through competitive contracting for a one-year term with four renewal options (due February 23, 2026). Activity spans psychiatric patient management, correctional facility safety protocols, and specialized emergency response across state health departments, county detention systems, and municipal responders.