If you have medical equipment or supplies you would like to donate, please follow these simple steps:
Step 1:
Please fill in this form for each type of equipment/supplies being offered for donation. All equipment should be in working order, clean and in good condition with no missing parts, accessories, batteries or software. Instruments & consumables do not need to be sterile but they cannot be contaminated.
We do not accept medication/pharmaceuticals or liquids.
Please note that MedEarth is not obliged to accept any donations being offered and all items will be assessed by our medical committee for suitability for our recipient communities before confirmation of acceptance is made.
Step 2:
Our operations manager will contact you to let you know if we are accepting your kind donation and will work with you on the logistics of getting the items to our warehouse in Sydney
Any hospital, clinic or private practice can donate usable medical equipment and supplies as a once off or on a regular basis.
Examples of items that we DO accept:
- Working medical equipment & machines
- Working theatre/surgical equipment
- Working x-ray/ultrasound equipment
- Patient furniture
- Mobility, bathing, bathroom aids
- Medical supplies
- Medical instruments
- Unused medical consumables
- Unused medical disposables
- Uncontaminated items
Examples of items that we DO NOT accept:
- Contaminated items
- Drugs/medication/pharmaceuticals
- Liquids
- Broken or incomplete items
- Out of date for more than 6 months (any expired items are on a case by case basis)
The most sought after items by our recipients:
- Ventilators
- Ultrasound machines
- ECGs, CTGs, patient monitors
- X-Ray machines
- Hospital beds (with mattresses)
- Baby cots, humidicribs and baby scales
- Autoclaves
- Medicine fridges
- Mobility aids (wheelchairs, crutches, commodes, shower chairs, orthopaedic boots)
- Resuscitation equipment
- Blood pressures monitors and cuffs
- Oximeters
- Airway consumables
- First aid consumables