UNSPSC 51284806: Iodine/potassium iodide

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 DE101. This VA Drug Class (DE101) classifies this compound as belonging to the group ANTIBACTERIAL, TOPICAL.

UNSPSC 51284806 Iodine/potassium iodide is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity spans emergency pharmaceutical supplies and disease-prevention medications acquired through cooperative purchasing consortia and direct county health procurements. State and local health departments and county health authorities are the primary issuing bodies, typically purchasing these items to support emergency preparedness, disease response, and community health initiatives. The products sourced under this code in current solicitations include antibiotic tablets (doxycycline hyclate and ciprofloxacin hydrochloride) and opioid-reversal agents (naloxone), supplied through both centralized piggyback contracts via multi-jurisdictional consortia and direct county health procurements.

Recent opportunities reflect activity centered in the Southeast and Midwest. The Illinois Department of Public Health awarded a piggyback pharmaceutical warehouse contract through the MMCAP Infuse consortium to Chartwell Rx LLC on August 28, 2026 (Solicitation 26482DPHPREPDB53392) for doxycycline hyclate 100mg and ciprofloxacin hydrochloride 500mg tablets totaling $2,999,999.11 over the full contract term including renewals, using an Invitation for Bid process. Seminole County, Florida released an IFB (IFB60459723LAS) on June 30, 2026 with a due date of July 26, 2023 seeking 1,900 units of naloxone and 800 safe drug deactivation systems annually for quarterly delivery to the Seminole County Community Health Building in Sanford, Florida, with pricing on a fixed-fee basis and a two-year initial term plus one-year renewal option. The code shows modest recent activity; mismatch between the code's nominal scope (iodine/potassium iodide formulations) and the actual products being procured (antibiotics and naloxone) suggests the code may be mistagged in these records or the code's definition has expanded in practice to encompass a broader range of emergency pharmaceutical supplies.