UNSPSC 42151685: Dental hemostats

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is a surgical tool used in many surgical procedures to control bleeding in a dental procedure. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 300590.

UNSPSC 42151685 Dental hemostats, a Commodity code, shows a significant mismatch between its nominal scope and the work actually appearing in recent state and local solicitations. The code nominally identifies hand instruments for controlling bleeding in dental procedures, but the three recent opportunities in the source are intraoral imaging scanners (iTero Lumina units for digital dentistry), a broad pool of dental and medical equipment and supplies, and a cyanide flow analyzer for wastewater treatment — none of which are dental hemostats. The source does not support evidence that state and local governments are currently procuring dental hemostats under this code; the opportunities tagged to it diverge from its core product definition. Without recent activities aligned to the code's stated scope, no reliable characterization of buyer mix, work type, or geographic concentration is possible.

The three opportunities identified span two issuing bodies: Valencia College (a community college in Florida) and Texas A&M University (a higher-education institution in Texas), alongside the City of Arlington, Texas. The Valencia College sole-source procurement posted October 19, 2026 (with a due date of November 27, 2025, an internal date inconsistency in the source) seeks four iTero Lumina Scanners for $143,196.00 under Florida procurement law. Texas A&M issued an ITB on August 20, 2026 with a September 3, 2026 response deadline for a master order pool of dental and medical equipment and supplies through AggieBid. The City of Arlington's August 12, 2026 RFP for a cyanide analyzer (due September 10, 2026) has no dental scope. The code appears to carry mistagged opportunities rather than reflecting actual state and local demand for dental hemostats.