UNSPSC 42182208: Patient temperature strips

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a strip used to take a patient's temperature in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Patient temperature strips under 21 CFR 882.1750 and under FDA product code GWY. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901831.

UNSPSC 42182208 Patient temperature strips (Commodity) covers thermometers and related temperature-measurement devices that state and local governments procure for use in schools, emergency services, health clinics, and facility first-aid programs. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include school districts, county governments, and cooperative purchasing consortia serving multi-jurisdictional public entities. The work is straightforward procurement of consumable or reusable temperature strips and thermometers for inventory stocking and routine replacement, typically bundled within broader first-aid and medical supplies solicitations rather than as standalone line items.

Recent activity shows limited discrete opportunities tagged directly to patient temperature strips, though the code appears in bundled first-aid procurement. The School Board of Pinellas County, Florida issued ITB #25CR069 in April 2026 for first aid supplies (response date November 20, 2025) covering 34 line items including thermometers, with an estimated annual usage of $130,000 and contract period from February 11, 2026 to February 10, 2027; the district offered Florida-supplier preference and required samples of alternate brands. Sourcewell, a Minnesota cooperative purchasing vehicle, posted RFP #061626 in May 2026 (due June 16, 2026) for Law Enforcement Equipment on behalf of participating entities across Washington state and other jurisdictions, though temperature strips do not align with the law enforcement focus of that solicitation. Geographic activity is concentrated in Florida and the upper Midwest based on recent postings, though the Sourcewell cooperative structure theoretically extends reach across multiple states and Canadian jurisdictions. The code shows little standalone demand; pursuit depends on bundled first-aid supply contracts where temperature measurement devices represent a fraction of total volume.