BIPM - Covid-19

The CIPM President has asked NMIs to share examples of how their work is supporting the fight against the pandemic – for example by applying expertise in measurement science to assist with the development of personal protection equipment, medical devices, certified reference materials or have joined efforts to find a vaccine.

The responses received from the NMIs are listed below.

Contributions from NMIs
Projects
Financial assistance
National summaries

Ventilators/respirators

BEV	BEV has set up a test center for Corona SARS-Cov-2 pandemic respirators (CPA)
CENAM	CENAM collaboration in the development and testing of ventilators in Mexico in response to COVID-19
INMETRO	INMETRO support in the development of pulmonary ventilators
INTI	Progress towards an alternative respirator
NPL	NPL support to industry in the production and supply of ventilators
NRC	Testing of N95 respirators in support of COVID-19 challenge programs at the NRC facilities in Ottawa

Reference materials

CENAM	The technique of microfluidic digital PCR (dPCR) to assure traceability in SARS-COV-2 identification and quantification in Mexico
KRISS	Reference materials to improve the accuracy of virus testing
NIM	Development and Application of Reference Materials for SARS-CoV-2 Testing
NIST	Biological Measurements
TÜBITAK UME	2019-nCoV Virus RNA Reference Material Production for RT-qPCR Measurements

Testing of Personal Protective Equipment

BEV	Establishment and provision of a test center for respiratory masks
CSIR-NPL	Establishment of testing facilities for Personal Protective Equipment
INRIM	A facility to test PPE according to the European Standards
NPL	NPL supports start-up, Protecting Heroes, in the production of PPE

General

CEM	Use of radiation thermometers and thermographic cameras to perform traceable non-contact measurements of human body
INEN	Infrared thermometers for clinical diagnosis (in Spanish)
INM	INM Colombia develops a biosafety protocol for calibration and testing laboratories in the management of COVID-19
INMETRO	Press releases on the Covid-19 pandemic
INRIM	Quick and easy diagnosis of COVID-19
INRIM	Treating COVID-19 pneumonia with ultrasound
IPQ	Verification of syringe pumps using a measuring cylinder and a stop clock (volumetric method)
KEBS	KEBS response to the COVID-19 pandemic
LACOMET	Actions taken by LACOMET against COVID-19
LGC	LGC's NML team supporting government efforts to measure COVID-19
LNE	LNE fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic in France
METAS	Testing of Ultraviolet Radiation Sources Used to Reduce COVID-19 Spread
NIM	Application of Infrared Thermometers in Response to COVID-19
NIMT	Metrology technology supports anti-COVID medical devices
NIST	NIST COVID-19 related research
NMIA	Activities of the National Measurement Institute, Australia (NMIA) in supporting the fight against Covid-19
NMIA	Helping the health and manufacturing industry respond to COVID-19
NMC, A*STAR	A*STAR collaboration on therapeutic antibody to fight COVID-19
NMC, A*STAR	A*STAR collaboration launches world's first SARS-COV-2 serology test to detect neutralizing antibodies without need for containment facility or specimen
NMC, A*STAR	Research and development for COVID-19
NPL	Summary of NPL Covid-19 Activities
NRC	NRC Canada COVID-19 response
RISE	RISE NMI activities to combat COVID-19, 2020-05-19
TÜBITAK UME	TÜBITAK UME's efforts in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic