Ramping up to half a million 3D printed test swabs
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, so did an urgent need for large supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare providers and nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 testing. Supply chain disruptions immediately followed, due to complicated supply chains with overwhelmed suppliers and difficult-to-source components. A reliance on a few vendors, instead of multiple supplier sources, and enormous product demand made it difficult for health care providers to secure inventory and layered on additional challenges.
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