UKMEDI

UKMEDI: online medical supplies with free UK shipping over £30

UKMEDI is an online store specialising in disposable medical supplies, aimed at both healthcare professionals and individual users. The company presents itself as a fast and reliable source for medical-grade products, all supplied sterile and sealed. Orders over £30 qualify for free shipping within the United Kingdom.

The catalogue is organised into several main categories: needles, syringes, medical supplies, gloves, sharps bins, blood collection, cleaning and sanitation, first aid, PPE, enteral feeding, podiatry, infusion and transfusion, equipment, catheters and catheter bags, lab supplies and veterinary products. This structure allows users to filter by type, brand, gauge, length and volume.

Needles and syringes: extensive filtering by gauge, length and brand

The needles section includes auto injectors, blood collection sets, dispensing pins, fixed needle syringes, IV catheters and pen needles. Products can be filtered by brand (Acucan, Agriject, Braun, BD, Dispovet, Meso-relle, Sol-M, Terumo, Unisharp), by colour/gauge (from 16g white to 33g green), by length (from micro 2.5mm to 4 inch 100mm) and by type (cannulas, aesthetic medicine needles, agricultural needles, blunt fill needles, filter needles, lipotherapy needles, multi injector needles and safety needles).

Syringes are similarly organised by type (agricultural, catheter tip, ENFIT, fixed needle, intranasal, Luer Lock, Luer Slip, oral tip, safety, u40, u100, syringe cap connectors), by brand (Agriject, Arplex, Braun, BD, Enteral, FMS, Medicina, Nevershare, Reduced Dead Space, Sol-Care, Sol-Millenium, Terumo, Unifix, Unisharp, Vernacare) and by volume (from 0.3ml to 100ml). Syringe and needle kits are also available.

Sharps bins, gloves and medical consumables

The sharps bins range includes products such as the 1 litre Sharpsguard Yellow Sharps Bin, the 3 litre Sharpsafe Yellow Sharps Bin, the 0.5 litre Sharpsguard Yellow Sharps Bin and the 0.3 litre Black Discreet Sharps Bin. Gloves are available in latex, nitrile, synthetic, vinyl and Vynite varieties, in blue, black and white, and in powder-free options. Examples include Unicare Blue Nitrile Gloves Powder Free (box of 100), PRO UltraFLEX Black Nitrile Gloves (box of 100) and Unigloves Pink Nitrile Gloves Pearl (box of 100).

Other medical supplies include bandages and dressings, cast padding, casting tape, cotton wool, gauze, sterile bandages, tubular netting, wound closures, surgical tape, biohazard bags, gels and lubricants, sterile equipment and sterile liquids. The first aid section covers bandages, burn gel, surgical tape, cotton wool, CPR masks, eye wash, first aid kits, hot/cold sprays and packs, joint supports, kinesiology tape, oxygen masks, plasters, scissors and tubular netting.

Blood collection, infusion and laboratory supplies

For blood collection, UKMEDI offers blood collection needles, blood collection sets, butterfly needles, infusion sets, microtainers, tourniquets, vacutainers and vacutainer holders. The infusion and transfusion category includes cannulas, injection ports, infusion accessories, infusion sets, irrigation sets, IV accessories, IV extension sets, transfusion sets and stopcocks.

Laboratory supplies include biohazard bags, glass bottles, gloves, petri dishes, sample containers, sterile liquids, sterile vials, test tubes and test kits. The equipment section covers amp snappers, anaesthesia masks, cotton buds, dental applicators, gallipots, instrument trays, lancets, medicine measures, oxygen accessories, pulse oximeters, pill organisers, razors, scalpels, spatulas, sutures, sterilisation products, syringe connectors, syringe filters, tourniquets, tweezers, stethoscopes and oxygen masks.

Veterinary and podiatry lines

UKMEDI also stocks veterinary supplies, including u40 syringes and pet cages/crates, as well as a podiatry range with cleansing products, emery boards, forceps/tweezers, burs, creams and podiatry packs. The cleaning and sanitation category includes cleansing wipes, hand sanitiser, skin cleaning disinfectant sprays, surface cleaning products, hand wash and pre-injection wipes.

Brands and product examples

Among the brands listed are BD, Braun, Terumo, Unisharp, Sol-M, Agriject, Acucan, Dispovet, Meso-relle, FMS, Medicina, Nevershare, Sol-Care, Sol-Millenium, Unifix and Vernacare. Popular products include Universal Alcotip Pre Injection Swabs 70% Alcohol Wipes (from £0.99), FMS Micro Syringe 32G 8mm 1ml (from £9.99), BD Microfine Syringe and Needle u100 in 1ml 8mm 30g and 0.3ml 30g 8mm (from £5.99), Unisharp Needles in 21g Green 1.5 inch (from £3.59) and 25g Orange 1 inch (from £3.29), 1ml Reduced Dead Space Syringes (from £4.99), 2ml BD Emerald Luer Slip Syringes (from £3.99), 1ml Unifix Luer Lock Syringe (from £3.99), 3ml Unifix Luer Lock Syringe (from £2.99), 32g 4mm BD Micro-Fine Ultra Pen Needles Penta Point (£12.99), Clinell Universal Sanitising Wipes 200 Wipes (£6.99) and Softdrape Dressing Pack Latex Free Medium Glove Single (£1.49).

Shipping and international reach

The store offers free UK shipping on orders over £30. The currency selector lists GBP £ for the United Kingdom and a wide range of European countries and territories, including Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and others, indicating that orders can be placed from these locations. The site also provides a shipping information page.