UNSPSC 42182806: Patient sling scales

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a sling based scale to measure the body weight of a patient in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Patient sling scales under 21 CFR 880.2720 and under FDA product code FRW. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 842310.

UNSPSC 42182806 Patient sling scales (Commodity) encompasses mechanical and digital weight-measurement devices designed for bedridden, mobility-impaired, or bariatric patients in clinical settings. State and local governments procure these scales primarily for hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, long-term care centers, and correctional health services where standard floor scales are impractical or unsafe. The devices typically integrate with patient-lift infrastructure, allowing staff to weigh patients suspended in slings without requiring them to stand or transfer to separate equipment. Issuing bodies include state health departments, county health systems, municipal hospitals, public university medical centers, and state corrections departments. Procurement under this code reflects demand for equipment that reduces caregiver injury risk and improves clinical workflow in inpatient settings.

The source contains no recent state and local contract opportunities tagged to this code. Without posted RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, or ITBs naming patient sling scales, geographic concentration and representative solicitation activity cannot be characterized from the available data. Firms pursuing this code should monitor procurement channels in states with large public hospital networks and corrections systems, and track health-system cooperative purchasing vehicles that may aggregate demand across multiple jurisdictions.