UNSPSC 51132303: Dextran 70/sodium chloride

This classification denotes a combination drug defined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in its (VA's) National Drug File (NDF), which falls under VA Drug Class BL800. This VA Drug Class (BL800) classifies this compound as belonging to the group VOLUME EXPANDERS.

UNSPSC 51132303 Dextran 70/sodium chloride is a Commodity code covering a crystalloid plasma expander solution used in emergency medical care and trauma response. State and local governments procure this intravenous fluid primarily through public health departments, emergency management agencies, hospital systems, and emergency services procurement offices for use in pre-hospital care, emergency departments, and mass-casualty preparedness. The product is a standard component of medical supply contracts and emergency medical kits maintained by fire departments, EMS providers, and hospital emergency medicine programs.

The source contains no recent state and local contract opportunities explicitly tagged to this code, limiting visibility into current issuing-body concentration, geographic activity, or representative solicitations. When procurement activity does occur under this code, it typically flows through standing medical supply contracts, cooperative purchasing vehicles, or emergency preparedness funding allocations rather than discrete public notices. Practitioners pursuing this code should monitor state health department emergency preparedness RFQs, hospital system standing-offer contracts, and EMS equipment and supply tenders, particularly in states with active emergency management procurement or trauma-center networks, though recent posted opportunities are not currently visible in public notice channels.