As stock of infection control supplies stabilize, the demand for some key products continues to outpace supply. For example, COVID-19 disrupted manufacturing operations, creating large-scale bottlenecks in the production of large AudioWipes™ canisters throughout most of 2020. While the situation has been challenging, it demanded a solution and necessary steps were taken to make large canisters of AudioWipes available without compromising quality and/or increasing price to the provider.
What is DIFFERENT?
- Canister size is 1.5″ shorter and 0.5″ wider
- Easier-to-pop-open lid
- Larger wipe size (6″ x 6.5″) than original (6″ x 3.87″)
- Different cloth material than original
What is the SAME?
- Formula
- Number of wipes (160)
- Price to providers
This solution ultimately involved sourcing some things out to different vendors which explains changes in the look and feel of the canister and wipe material/dimensions. While this approach did increase production costs, pricing will stay the same for providers. From that perspective, the revamped large AudioWipes canister currently in-stock may only serve as a temporary stop-gap. That decision will be made sometime in the future; until then, order away as the large canisters of AudioWipes are back in stock!
SHARABLE COMMUNICATION: A previous blog post offers sample communication to share with patients or parents about cleaning hearing aids with AudioWipes. Click SAMPLE COMMUNICATION for more information.
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