UNSPSC 42192212: Patient transfer mats or sheets

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as the mats or sheets accommodating a board with grips allowing for the shifting or transporting patients between surfaces in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 300590.

UNSPSC 42192212 Patient transfer mats or sheets (Commodity) covers specialized medical equipment and accessibility aids that state and local governments procure for healthcare facilities, public health programs, and recreation departments. Recent solicitations show the code capturing both clinical patient-handling equipment and public-access mobility aids. The Washington State Department of Transportation's Washington State Ferries posted RFP20260825 on August 25, 2026 (response due October 9, 2026) seeking occupational medical surveillance services—a scope that does not align with patient transfer mats. Similarly, Boulder County Public Health's PHI00326 (posted August 10, 2026, due September 11, 2026) solicits harm reduction supplies for safer injection and wound care. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017603 (posted July 15, 2026, due July 30, 2026) for the Abilene State Supported Living Center requests medical supplies including gastrostomy feeding tubes, IV stabilization devices, and catheters—specialized clinical consumables distinct from transfer mats. The County of Orange, OC Community Resources posted IFB0123071801EB on June 29, 2026 (bid closing date June 4, 2026) for wheelchairs and beach access mats, requesting TERRAWHEELS BEACH wheelchairs and ACCESSMAT beach access mats in multiple configurations totaling approximately 18 units for delivery to OC Parks/South Coastal Operations in Dana Point, California.

The code shows little recent activity directly aligned with patient transfer mats. Of the four posted opportunities, only the Orange County IFB plainly relates to the code's nominal scope by soliciting mats—in this case, specialized beach access equipment rather than clinical patient-handling mats. The remaining three solicitations (occupational medical surveillance, harm reduction supplies, and medical consumables) do not correspond to patient transfer mats despite their UNSPSC tagging. Issuing bodies span state departments, county public health and human services agencies, and municipal park systems. Geographic activity touches Washington, Colorado, Texas, and California, but no pattern of repeated solicitation emerges under this code. The mismatch between the code's title and the recent opportunity mix suggests either classification drift or that state and local procurement offices are applying this code inconsistently. Firms pursuing this code should verify the actual scope in each solicitation notice rather than relying on the UNSPSC category name alone.