Medical Supply Donations List

Advocates for World Health gratefully accepts medical supply donations with the following conditions:

• Donated supplies bearing expiration dates should retain a minimum of 12 months’ validity
• Disposable materials must be devoid of any previous patient interaction
• Pharmaceuticals are not accepted
• Intravenous fluids and feeding supplements are also not accepted

Acceptable donation items include a variety of common medical supplies. Below is a sample medical supply list, but this list is not all-inclusive.

Acceptable Medical Supplies

• Anesthesia: Masks, breathing circuits, LMA’s (laryngeal mask airways), hyperinflation bags, and epidural kits.
• Medical Books: Only medical textbooks, journals, and teaching aids are accepted.
• Casting Materials: Undercast padding, plaster wrap, and casting tape.
• Drainage/Irrigation: Irrigation trays, suction catheters, yankauers, and wound evacuators.
• Drapes: Surgical, exam, single, and drape packs.
• Dressings: Gauze pads/rolls, elastic bandages, wound dressings, dressing kits, and medical tape.
• Electrodes: Accepted electrodes include EKG/ECG, ESU (electrosurgical unit), EMS (emergency medical services), defibrillation, needles, and blades.
• Endo/Laparoscopic: Staplers, trocars, obturators, graspers, and dissectors fall under this category.
• Feeding: Accepted items are nasogastric tubes, enteral administration sets, and gravity bags (no solution).
• Gloves: Both surgical and exam gloves are acceptable.
• Gowns: Surgical gowns and patient gowns are considered acceptable.
• Infant: Accepted items for infants include bottles, newborn caps, diapers, and birthing blankets.
• IV: Accepted items in this category are administration sets, IV catheters, winged infusion sets, epidural supplies, and extension sets.
• Lab: Accepted lab items include specimen collection tools, vacutainers, test tubes/bottles, pipettes, and culture media.
• Medical Apparel: Scrubs, masks, caps, shoe covers, and aprons fall under this category.
• Mobility Aids: Accepted mobility aids include wheelchairs, crutches, walkers, and canes.
• Monitoring: Leads, temperature probes, blood pressure cuffs, and pulse ox/O2 sensors are considered acceptable.
• Needles/Syringes: All types and varieties of needles and syringes are accepted, and sharps disposal containers are provided.
• Nursing Aids: Accepted nursing aids include dressing aids, underpads, restraints, anti-embolism stockings, and diapers.
• OB/GYN: Accepted items in this category are umbilical catheters, speculums, maternity briefs/pads, and umbilical clamps.
• Operating Room: This category includes surgical packs, table covers, surgical instruments, and towels.
• Orthopedic: Accepted orthopedic items include post-op boots/shoes, braces, slings, undercast padding, and splints.
• Ostomy: Accepted ostomy items include pouches/bags, barriers, and stoma powder/deodorizer.
• Personal Hygiene: Accepted personal hygiene items include unused body wash/shampoo, toothpaste, combs/brushes, and washcloths.
• Respiratory: Accepted respiratory items include nasopharyngeal tools, ambu bags/resuscitators, nasal cannulas, and endo/trach/bronchial tubes.
• Skin Prep: Accepted skin prep items include alcohol pads, iodine applicators, soap, scrub brushes, and lubricating jelly.
• Sutures: All types and varieties of sutures and wound closure devices are accepted.
• Urinary: Accepted urinary items include catheters, catheter trays, drainage bags, skin prep items, and specimen containers.

To make a donation of any of these listed medical supplies, or to ask a question regarding a possible donation, please visit the Medical Supply Donations page or fill out the contact form below.