UNSPSC 42295168: Surgical smoke evacuator accessories

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is either an accessory or consumable associated with surgical smoke evacuators. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901819.

UNSPSC 42295168 Surgical smoke evacuator accessories, a Commodity code, sees minimal recent state and local procurement activity that directly aligns with its nominal scope. The recent opportunities tagged under this code represent a mismatch: San Mateo County Medical Center posted RFPs for laser equipment and surgical power instruments (neither smoke evacuator accessories), the State of California issued IFBs for outpatient building furniture (unrelated to surgical support equipment), Sourcewell advertised a cooperative purchasing vehicle for law enforcement equipment on behalf of multiple Washington and Minnesota jurisdictions, and the Nevada State Police solicited phlebotomy services for DUI investigations. None of these procurements address surgical smoke evacuation systems or their accessories.

The code shows no recent, directly relevant state and local contract opportunities. When state and local procurement offices do tag opportunities under this commodity code, the work being solicited diverges significantly from surgical smoke management. The absence of current smoke evacuator accessory solicitations across state health departments, county hospital systems, or municipal surgical facilities suggests either weak demand visibility through UNSPSC coding at the state and local level, or that procurement in this product category occurs through manufacturer direct-sales channels, group purchasing organization (GPO) agreements, or cooperative contracts that do not generate standalone RFPs, RFQs, or IFBs. Business development professionals should verify whether their target accounts (state surgical centers, county health systems, municipal hospitals) procure smoke evacuator components through cooperative purchasing vehicles or capital equipment contracts tagged under higher-level surgical equipment codes rather than this specific commodity tier.