UNSPSC 42281544: X-ray sterilizer

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is machine, used to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid, in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 841920.

UNSPSC 42281544 X-ray sterilizer, a Commodity code, does not align with recent state and local procurement activity posted under this designation. The four recent opportunities record biohazard cleanup and sanitation services (San Mateo County Sheriff's Office), a statewide cooperative-purchasing framework for industrial and facility equipment and chemicals (State of Texas), occupational medical surveillance services (Washington State Department of Transportation), and law enforcement equipment procurement through a multi-jurisdiction cooperative vehicle (Sourcewell on behalf of Washington counties and other public entities). None of these solicitations involves X-ray sterilization equipment or services. The code shows little relevant recent activity under its nominal scope.

If state and local procurement offices are using UNSPSC 42281544 to tag opportunities unrelated to X-ray sterilizers, the mismatch suggests either miscoding at the source or that the code has been repurposed locally for a different commodity family. Firms pursuing X-ray sterilization contracts with state and local governments should verify the actual UNSPSC codes and commodity families that health departments, hospitals, clinical laboratories, and public health agencies are assigning to sterilization equipment and services in their own recent solicitations, rather than relying on this code designation.