UNSPSC 42182604: Medical exam penlights or flashlights

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as portable self-contained lights during a medical examination. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901811.

UNSPSC 42182604 Medical exam penlights or flashlights is a Commodity code covering handheld diagnostic illumination devices used in clinical and field examination settings. State and local procurement under this code centers on the purchase of basic penlight and flashlight units—typically single or dual-source LED or incandescent tools with pocket clips, adjustable focus, and integrated power switches—for use by physicians, nurses, paramedics, and other clinical or emergency-response personnel. The code draws solicitations from a broad range of issuing bodies including state health departments, county public health agencies, city emergency medical services, school district health clinics, and regional transit authorities with onboard medical response capability. Purchase volumes tend to be modest and episodic, reflecting the commodity nature of the items and the distributed procurement patterns typical of smaller health-related line items.

The source provides no recent state and local contract opportunities tagged to this code. Without posted solicitations, geographic concentration and representative recent activities cannot be characterized. Buyers interested in pursuing this code should monitor state and local health procurement channels and emergency services RFQ cycles, which tend to bundle penlights alongside broader medical supply and equipment contracts rather than solicit them as standalone line items.