UNSPSC 42312302: Debridement sponges

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a is the process of removing dead tissue from wounds in a medical settingDebridement sponges under 21 CFR and under FDA product code EFQ. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 300590.

UNSPSC 42312302 Debridement sponges is a Commodity code that captures single-use wound-care consumables procured through state and local healthcare, emergency services, and institutional supply chains. The recent solicitation activity under this code shows minimal direct alignment with the code's nominal scope; the one posted opportunity tags debridement sponges under a law enforcement equipment cooperative purchasing agreement, which is plainly outside the medical-supply domain the code describes. State and local procurement offices use this code to classify sterile or non-sterile absorbent sponges designed for wound debridement and cleaning in clinical settings — emergency departments, trauma centers, field medical kits, and institutional health systems — but the available recent-opportunities block contains no solicitations targeting those use cases.

Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government cooperative, posted RFP #061626 on May 12, 2026 with a response deadline of June 16, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. Central Time. The solicitation frames itself as a law enforcement equipment procurement available to thousands of governmental agencies, school districts, and nonprofit organizations across the United States and Canada, with participating Washington counties including Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima. The mismatch between the code label and the solicitation scope — law enforcement equipment rather than medical consumables — signals that this code carries little active state and local procurement volume in its intended category. Until recent opportunities reflecting actual debridement-sponge procurement appear in the sourcing record, the code shows limited signal for business development targeting under its nominal scope.