SICIndustry
SIC 3842—Surgical Appliances and Supplies
Industry · Standard Industrial Classification (1987)
Where 3842 sits
Description
Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing orthopedic, prosthetic, and surgical appliances and supplies, arch supports and other foot appliances; fracture appliances, elastic hosiery, abdominal supporters, braces, and trusses; bandages; surgical gauze and dressings; sutures; adhesive tapes and medicated plasters; and personal safety appliances and equipment.
What 3842 includes
6-digit codes
- 384200 — Surgical Appliances and Supplies
- 384201 — Personal Safety Equipment
- 384202 — Cotton and Cotton Applicators
- 384203 — Prosthetic Appliances
- 384204 — Orthopedic Appliances
- 384205 — Bandages and Dressings
- 384299 — Surgical Appliances and Supplies, NEC
8-digit codes
- 38420000 — Surgical appliances and supplies
- 38420100 — Personal safety equipment
- 38420101 — Bulletproof vests
- 38420102 — Clothing, fire resistant and protective
- 38420103 — Ear plugs
- 38420104 — Gas masks
- 38420105 — Gloves, safety
- 38420106 — Helmets, space
- 38420107 — Life preservers, except cork and inflatable
- 38420108 — Linemen's safety belts
- 38420109 — Noise protectors, personal
- 38420110 — Nose plugs
- 38420111 — Radiation shielding aprons, gloves, sheeting, etc.
- 38420112 — Respiratory protection equipment, personal
- 38420113 — Space suits
- 38420114 — Suits, firefighting (asbestos)
- 38420115 — Welders' hoods
- 38420200 — Cotton and cotton applicators
- 38420201 — Absorbent cotton, sterilized
- 38420202 — Applicators, cotton tipped
- 38420203 — Cotton, absorbent: sterilized
- 38420204 — Cotton, including cotton balls: sterile and non-sterile
- 38420205 — Swabs, sanitary cotton
- 38420300 — Prosthetic appliances
- 38420301 — Cosmetic restorations
- 38420302 — Implants, surgical
- 38420303 — Limbs, artificial
- 38420304 — Models, anatomical
- 38420305 — Socks, stump
- 38420400 — Orthopedic appliances
- 38420401 — Abdominal supporters, braces, and trusses
- 38420402 — Braces, elastic
- 38420403 — Braces, orthopedic
- 38420404 — Canes, orthopedic
- 38420405 — Cervical collars
- 38420406 — Corn remover pads, bunion pads, etc.
- 38420407 — Corsets, surgical
- 38420408 — Crutches and walkers
- 38420409 — Elastic hosiery, orthopedic (support)
- 38420410 — Extension shoes, orthopedic
- 38420411 — Foot appliances, orthopedic
- 38420412 — Hearing aids
- 38420413 — Hosiery, support
- 38420414 — Splints, pneumatic and wood
- 38420415 — Supports: abdominal, ankle, arch, kneecap, etc.
- 38420416 — Suspensories
- 38420417 — Technical aids for the handicapped
- 38420418 — Trusses, orthopedic and surgical
- 38420419 — Walkers
- 38420420 — Wheelchairs
- 38420500 — Bandages and dressings
- 38420501 — Bandages: plastic, muslin, plaster of paris, etc.
- 38420502 — Dressings, surgical
- 38420503 — Gauze, surgical
- 38429900 — Surgical appliances and supplies, nec
- 38429901 — Adhesive tape and plasters, medicated or non-medicated
- 38429902 — Atomizers, medical
- 38429903 — Autoclaves, hospital and surgical
- 38429904 — Belts: surgical, sanitary, and corrective
- 38429905 — Colostomy appliances
- 38429906 — Drapes, surgical (cotton)
- 38429907 — First aid, snake bite, and burn kits
- 38429908 — Fracture appliances, surgical
- 38429909 — Grafts, artificial: for surgery
- 38429910 — Gynecological supplies and appliances
- 38429911 — Hydrotherapy equipment
- 38429912 — Infant incubators
- 38429913 — Intra-uterine devices
- 38429914 — Iron lungs
- 38429915 — Ligatures, medical
- 38429916 — Respirators
- 38429917 — Restraints, patient
- 38429918 — Sponges, surgical
- 38429919 — Sterilizers, hospital and surgical
- 38429920 — Stockinette, surgical
- 38429921 — Stretchers
- 38429922 — Surgical appliances and supplies
- 38429923 — Sutures, absorbable and non-absorbable
- 38429924 — Tape, adhesive: medicated or non-medicated
- 38429925 — Tongue depressors
- 38429926 — Traction apparatus
- 38429927 — Whirlpool baths, hydrotherapy equipment
Example activities
- abdominal supporters, braces, and trusses
- absorbent cotton, sterilized
- adhesive tape and plasters, medicated or non-medicated
- applicators, cotton tipped
- atomizers, medical
- autoclaves, hospital and surgical
- bandages and dressings, surgical and orthopedic
- bandages: plastics, muslin, and plaster of paris
- belts: sanitary, surgical, and corrective
- braces, elastic
- braces, orthopedic
- bulletproof vests
- canes, orthopedic
- cervical collars
- clothing, fire resistant and protective
- colostomy appliances
- corn remover and bunion pads
- corsets, surgical
- cosmetic restorations
- cotton, absorbent: sterilized
- cotton, including cotton balls
- crutches and walkers
- drapes, surgical: cotton
- dressings, surgical
Cross-references for 3842
- Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing surgical and medical instruments are classified in Industry 3841.
- Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing orthopedic or prosthetic appliances and in the personal fitting to the individual prescription by a physician are classified in Retail Trade, Industry 5999.
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