High Priority Items (Currently Taking)
These are very valuable! If you have any of these items to offer, we will squeeze them in!
- Any medical device or machines (e.g. ECG, fluid pumps, pulse oximeters, syringe drivers, anaesthetic machine, ventilators, ultrasound, X-ray, oxygen concentrators, microscope)
- General practice equipment: Stethoscopes, Sphygmomanometers, Blood Pressure Monitors, Stethoscopes, Otoscopes, Ophthalmoscopes, Peak Flow Meter
- Dialysis machines - haem and peritoneal
- Gelfilm, Gelfoam
- Alaris pump and giving sets
- Needles, syringes and cannulas (18G to 24G)
- Patient warming devices
- Sutures and suture kits (including absorbable 2/0 and 3/0)
- Sterilisers (chemical, UV, steam)
- Lamps and lights
- Neonatal equipment: Incubators, Paediatric Scales, Doppler machine, fetal monitor, Ultraviolet machine
- Wheelchair, crutches, stretchers
- Hartmann’s IV fluid, normal saline
- Trauma/emergency equipment (haemostatic devices, compression devices, chest drain equipment)
- First aid equipment (gauze, wound dressings (any type), alcohol swabs, surgical and elastic tape, self adherent bandage wrap, soft cotton under bandage, blueys/underpads, small scissors)
- Tendon hammers
- Glucometers and glucose test strips
- Peritoneal Dialysis Kits
- General examination, point of care, and vital signs
Medium Priority Items (Currently Taking)
These are our staples. We will generally accept them if we have enough space.
- Urinary catheters, drainage bags
- Airway equipment (LMA’s, ETT, Guedels, NPA, videolaryngoscopes, cricothyroidotomy equipment, oxygen tubing)
- Tweezers
- Specimen pots (urine, faecal)
- First aid kits
- Stoma supplies other than bags (e.g. foam, wipes, sprays)
- Hand sanitiser
- Antiseptic ointments, creams, sprays
- Gloves
- In-date RAT tests
- Glass slides and pipettes
- Iodine skin prep solution
- Chlorhexidine Irrigation Solution (all %)
- Suctions, drains, nasogastric tubes, feeding tubes
Low Priority Items (Not Currently Taking)
Unfortunately, there is limited demand for these items and we rarely have enough space for them.
- PPE (masks, gowns, face shields)
- Drapes, and equipment covers
- Stoma bags
- Empty first aid bags
- Angiographic equipment
- Endoscopic equipment
- 1mL Luer lock and slip syringes (with or without needles)
Prohibited Items
We cannot take these items.
- Drugs/medication
- Open sharps
- Blood Gas Syringes
- All types of Lidocaine liquid and gel (all %)
- Buffered Formalin
- Blood/iodine-stained items
- Expired diagnostic samplers (e.g. pathology tubes, covid swabs, faecal occult blood kits)
- Any TGA recalled items (see here)
- 10 mmol IV potassium
This list was last updated 16 Nov 2024
FAQ
Do you accept [insert supplies here]?
Please check our priority list 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]!