UNSPSC 42293523: Medical or surgical suction sets or kits

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is a prepackaged collection (either custom or standard) of the equipment and supplies used to perform a medical or surgical suction procedure in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901920.

UNSPSC 42293523 Medical or surgical suction sets or kits is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it do not align with the code's nominal scope. The source shows no solicitations for suction sets, kits, or suction equipment; instead, the five posted opportunities span laser equipment and technical support for operating rooms (San Mateo County), surgical power instruments (San Mateo County), outpatient furniture (California), law enforcement equipment (Sourcewell cooperative), and phlebotomy services (Nevada). None of these procurements involve suction sets or related suction apparatus. The code shows little relevant recent activity given this fundamental mismatch between the UNSPSC taxonomy label and the work actually being tagged and solicited.

The disconnect suggests either systematic miscoding at the issuing jurisdictions or a data alignment issue in how these opportunities were classified. For vendors targeting suction equipment and related surgical supplies, this code's recent activity does not reflect genuine buying patterns in the intended commodity. Monitoring this code for future opportunities in its actual scope—suction sets, canisters, tubing, and related surgical suction apparatus—would require direct solicitation feeds from state procurement offices, county hospital systems, and school district health services, rather than reliance on the current opportunity records tagged to this classification.