UNSPSC 42293401: Surgical guides

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a guide during a surgical procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates surgical guides under 21 CFR 878.48 and under FDA product code FXZ. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901890.

UNSPSC 42293401 Surgical guides, a Commodity code, does not map to the work actually being solicited in recent state and local opportunities. The code nominally names surgical guides—physical templates or devices that direct instrument placement during procedures—but the recent opportunities tagged under this code procure laser equipment and technical staffing for operating rooms, surgical power instruments, outpatient building furniture, law enforcement equipment, and phlebotomy services. None of these solicitations involve surgical guides or related guidance devices. The mismatch reflects a classification error in the issuing bodies' internal UNSPSC assignment practices rather than active market demand for surgical guides themselves.

The geographic spread of recent activity spans California (San Mateo County), Nevada (Douglas County), and multistate cooperative vehicles (Sourcewell RFP covering Washington state and national participating entities), but none of the opportunities have substantive relevance to surgical guide procurement. San Mateo Medical Center and the State of California are the repeat issuing bodies in this dataset, but they are soliciting unrelated medical equipment, furnishings, and services. The code shows no recent state or local procurement activity for surgical guides in the source material provided.