Covid 19 - Contributions from NMIs - TITLE

Metrology in the fight against Covid-19 - Contributions from NMIs

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i. Ventilators/Respirators

BEV (Austria) - test center for Covid-19 respirators (CPA)

CENAM (Mexico) - collaboration in the development and testing of ventilators in response to COVID-19

INMETRO (Brazil) - support in the development of pulmonary ventilators

INTI (Argentina) - progress towards an alternative respirator

NPL (UK) - support to industry in the production and supply of ventilators

NRC (Canada) - testing of N95 respirators in support of COVID-19 challenge programs at the NRC facilities in Ottawa

ii. Reference materials

CENAM (Mexico) - the technique of microfluidic digital PCR (dPCR) to assure traceability in SARS-COV-2 identification and quantification

KRISS (Republic of Korea) - COVID-19 response

KRISS (Republic of Korea) - reference materials to improve the accuracy of virus testing

NIM (China) - development and application of reference materials for SARS-CoV-2 testing

NIST (USA) - biological measurements

TÜBITAK UME (Turkey) - 2019-nCoV virus RNA reference material production for RT-qPCR measurements

iii. Testing of Personal Protective Equipment

BEV (Austria) - establishment and provision of a test center for respiratory masks

CSIR-NPL (India) - establishment of testing facilities for personal protective equipment

A facility to test PPE according to the European Standards

NPL supports start-up - "Protecting Heroes" - in the production of PPE

iv. General

CEM (Spain) - use of radiation thermometers and thermographic cameras to perform traceable non-contact measurements of human body

GUM (Poland) - activity of the Central Office of Measures in Poland during the COVID-19 pandemic

INEN (Ecuador) - infrared thermometers for clinical diagnosis (in Spanish)

INM (Colombia) - development of a biosafety protocol for calibration and testing laboratories in the management of COVID-19

INMETRO (Brazil) - press releases on the COVID-19 pandemic

INRIM (Italy) - quick and easy diagnosis of COVID-19

INRIM (Italy) - treating COVID-19 pneumonia with ultrasound

INTI (Argentina) - during the COVID pandemic

IPQ (Portugal) - verification of syringe pumps using a measuring cylinder and a stop clock (volumetric method)

KazInMetr (Kazakhstan) - activity of Kazakhstan Institute of Metrology (KazInMetr) during COVID-19 pandemic

KEBS (Kenya) - response to the COVID-19 pandemic

LACOMET (Costa Rica) - actions taken by LACOMET against COVID-19

LGC (UK) - NML team supporting government efforts to measure COVID-19

LGC (UK) - NML response to the COVID-19 pandemic

LNE (France) - fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic in France

METAS (Switzerland) - testing of ultraviolet radiation sources used to reduce COVID-19 spread

NIM (China) – application of infrared thermometers in response to COVID-19

NIMT (Thailand) - metrology, science of measurement and its application against COVID-19

NIMT (Thailand) - metrology technology supports anti-COVID medical devices in the hospital

NIST (USA) - COVID-19 related research

NMC, A*STAR (Singapore) - collaboration on therapeutic antibody to fight COVID-19

NMC, A*STAR (Singapore) - research and development for COVID-19

NMC, A*STAR (Singapore) - collaboration launches world's first SARS-COV-2 serology test to detect neutralizing antibodies without need for containment facility or specimen

NMCI (Iran) - COVID-19 summary

NMIA (Australia) - helping the health and manufacturing industry respond to COVID-19

NMIA (Australia) - activities in supporting the fight against Covid-19

NPL (UK) - summary of Covid-19 activities

NRC (Canada) - fighting back against COVID-19

PTB (Germany) responds to the COVID-19 pandemic

RISE (Sweden) - NMI activities to combat COVID-19

TÜBITAK UME (Turkey) - efforts in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic