Donate Supplies - Priority List and FAQs

 
 

Donate medical supplies and we’ll redistribute them to where they’re needed

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Urgent Consumable Requests From Our Partners

  • Bed Pad Washable (Connie)
  • Bluey Absorbent Disposable Protector Pads
  • Flamazine (Silver Sulfadiazine) 1.0% Cream
  • Hartmanns IV Solution
  • Hypodermic needles, 21G to 23G, less than or equal to one inch
  • Slip Syringes (greater than 1ml)
  • Paper, Surgical and Wound Dressing Tapes
  • Scalpel Blades
  • Skin Glue i.e. Dermabond
  • Sutures & Suture Kits(i.e. needle holders, scissors, forceps)
 

Urgent Equipment Requests From Our Partners

  • Large Medical Instrument Trolly
  • Microscopes
  • Pulse Oximeter Machine
  • Stainless Steel Animal Scales
  • Stethoscopes
  • Surgical Instruments
 

Core Staples Our Partners Rely On

  • Any Medical Device or Machine
  • First aid equipment
 
  • General Practice Equipment
  • Pediatric and Neonatal Equipment
  • Sterilisers
 

Not Taking

  • 1mL Luer lock and slip syringes (with or without needles)
  • Angiographic equipment
  • Drapes, and equipment covers
  • Empty first aid bags
  • Endoscopic equipment
  • PPE (masks, gowns, face shields)
  • Stoma bags
 
We will never take these prohibited items.
  • 10 mmol IV potassium
  • All types of Lidocaine liquid and gel (all %)
  • Any TGA recalled items (see here)
  • Blood Gas Syringes
  • Blood/iodine-stained items
  • Buffered Formalin
  • Drugs/medication
  • Expired diagnostic samplers (e.g. pathology tubes, covid swabs, faecal occult blood kits)
  • Open sharps
 
This list was last updated 27th May 2025
 

FAQ

What other consumable items do you take?
The list is endless! Whether we can accept certain items depends on our current storage capacity and how the items can be delivered to us. Examples of consumables we accept include:
Alcohol Swabs

Antiseptic ointments, creams, sprays

Bandages

Bluey Absorbent Disposable Protector Pads

Bluey Absorbent Disposable Protector Pads

Cannuals (18G to 24G)

Chest Drain Equipment

Chlorhexidine Irrigation Solution (all %)

Cricothyroidotomy Equipment

Drainage Bags

Drains

Endotracheal tubes

External Antiseptics

Feeding Tubes

Flamazine (Silver Sulfadiazine) 1.0% Cream

Gauze

Gelfilm, Gelfoam

Giving sets

Glass slides and pipettes

Gloves

Glucose test strips

Guedels

Hand sanitiser

Hartmann’s IV fluid, normal saline

Hartmanns IV Solution

In-date RAT tests

Iodine skin prep solution

Laryngoscopes and handles

LMA's

Nasogastric Tubes

Needles (18G to 24G)

Normal Saline

Oxygen Tubing

Scalpel Blades

Self Adherant Bandage Wrap

Skin Glue

Soft Cotton Under Bandage

Specimen pots (urine, faecal)

Stoma supplies other than bags (e.g. foam, wipes, sprays)

Suctions

Sutures & Suture Kits

Syringes (greater than 1ml)

Tapes

Tegaderm

Urinary catheters

Videoscope blades - C-Mac and normal

Wound Dressing Tape

Wound Dressings

 
What other equipment do you take?
The list is endless! Whether we can accept certain items depends on our current storage capacity and how the items can be delivered to us. Examples of equipment we accept include:
Alaris pumps

Anaesthetic Machines

Automatic Hematology Annalyser

Blood Pressure Monitors

Centrifuges

Compression Devices

Crutches

Doppler Machines

ECG

Fetal Monitors

First aid kits

Fluid Pumps

Forceps

General examination, point of care, and vital signs

Glucometers

Haemostatic Devices

Incubators

Kidney Dishes

Lamps and lights

Large Medical Instrument Trolley

Microscopes

Neonatal equipment: Incubators, Paediatric Scales, Doppler machine, fetal monitor, Ultraviolet machine

Ophthalmoscopes

Otoscopes

Oxygen Concentrators

Paediactric Scales

Patient warming devices

Peak Flow Meters

Pulse Oximeter Machine

Scissors

Small Scissors

Sphygmomanometers

Stainless Steel Animal Scale

Sterilisers (chemical, UV, steam)

Stethoscopes

Stretchers

Surgical Instruments

Surgical Scissors

Syringe Drivers

Tendon hammers

Trauma/emergency equipment (, compression devices, chest drain equipment)

Tweezers

Ultrasound Machines

Ultraviolet Machines

Ventilators

Videolaryngoscopes

Wheelchairs

X-ray Machines

 
Do you accept [insert supplies here]?
Please check the items listed on this page. Whether we can accept them also depends on how full we are and how we can get the items to us. If your question isn’t answered on this page, feel free to submit the expression of interest form or ask us at [email protected]
Do you accept expired items?
Usually, yes! You can check our priority list too.
Do you accept unsterile or used items?
Maybe! We treat these items on a case-by-case basis. You can ask us at [email protected], but often we’ll need extra details to be able to know. So, it’s worth submitting the expression of interest form and we can take it from there!
I’m not in Victoria, Australia - can I still donate to you?
Yes! However, we do not have drop-off points anywhere other than our warehouse in Laverton North, Victoria, Australia. So, it would be more environmentally friendly and cost-effective to find a similar organisation closer to you. These organisations seem to have similar goals to us, although we have no connections to them and have not vetted them:
  • MedEarth (New South Wales)
  • Save Our Supplies (Queensland)
  • Australian Doctors for Africa (Perth)
  • Animal Rescue Cooperative
  • RSPCA
  • Rotary Donations in Kind
  • MedShare (USA)
  • ProjectCure (USA)
  • Med Surplus Alliance (USA)
  • MEDIGIVE (UK)
  • InterCare (UK)
When can I drop by?
Please organise a time with us by submitting the expression of interest form. Please don’t drop by unannounced because we may be closed or unable to take your donation - we love your enthusiasm and wouldn’t want to see you disappointed if we can’t take your items!
How can I get the items to you?
The options are:
  • Drop them off: You drop them to our warehouse in Laverton North, Victoria, Australia. Please organise a time with us by submitting the expression of interest form. Please don’t drop by unannounced because we may be closed or unable to take your donation - we love your enthusiasm and wouldn’t want to see you disappointed if we can’t take your items!
  • Post them to us: But please organise a time with us first by submitting the expression of interest form. Our warehouse is not staffed during normal business hours, so one of our volunteers would need to be available to open up when the courier arrives. Unfortunately, we are unable to cover the transportation costs as we are 100% funded by donations.
  • We pick them up from you: This won’t always be possible. We are 100% volunteer-run and funded by donations, so we can’t afford trucks or removalists and we’re all typically busy on weekdays with our day jobs. But, if the items are small enough, one of us may be able to drop by for a pickup!
I have a general enquiry that isn’t answered here.
Please email us at [email protected]!