2021年5月20日是第22个“天下计量日”，国际法制计量构造和国际计量局公布了2021年天下计量日主题“Measurements for Health”及海报，该主题旨在让人们了解到丈量在保卫凯发每团体的安全安康中所发扬的紧张作用。为共同“天下计量日”运动展开，市场羁系总局将“天下计量日”中文主题正式确定为“丈量保卫安康”。 

　　“天下计量日”是由国际米制条约构造和国际法制计量构造为怀念1875年5月20日《米制条约》签订而设立。1999年经国际计量大会投票表决，决议自2000年起，将米制条约签订日（5月20日）作为“天下计量日”。

　　丈量保卫安康  

　　在全天下聚焦怎样重新冠肺炎疫情的影响中疾速无效地苏醒之际, 2021年天下计量日行将到来。 

　　2020年伊始，新冠病毒影响天下各地人民的速率之快和水平之烈，迫使列国当局敏捷作出反响。在疫情方才伸张之际，新的丈量需求就少量涌现。起首是大范畴的病毒检测，团体防护设置装备摆设功能的检测，厥后的疫苗开辟也依赖于对庞大卵白和RNA分子的正确辨认和丈量。 

　　这些需求的范围宏大，使很多国度的优先事变产生改动。为应对病毒的应战，掩护大众安康, 当局重新聚焦现有迷信才能，环球计量界也参加到了应对这些新的国度和环球应战的高兴中，使用已拥有的丈量迷信方面的履历来办理诸如以下的国度需求： 

　　·团体防护口罩检测体系的创建； 

　　·医院所需新型呼吸机体系的设计和检测； 

　　·检测样品中病毒分子的辨认和计数； 

　　·疫苗免疫效能的丈量。 

　　计量界已创建了支持掩护和促进安康所必要的种种丈量的技能才能，使得上述事情成为大概。这些才能包罗： 

　　·为具有丈量功效的一切种别的医疗设置装备摆设订定国际尺度，包罗主动血压计、眼科仪器和医用注射器等； 

　　·支持临床实行室检测，确保医用温度计的丈量与国际承认的温标符合； 

　　·确保患者在X射线反省中承受准确的辐射剂量； 

　　·为包管癌症医治中正确的放射剂量提供底子。 

　　凯发选择“丈量保卫安康”作为往年天下计量日的主题，是盼望让人们存眷丈量在保卫人民安康方面所发扬的紧张作用，尤其是活着界列国计量机构敏捷将其履历和才能转向应对新的国度安康应战之时，它的到来恰逢当时。 

　　祝福2021年天下计量日获得圆满乐成！等待失掉各方天下计量日的宣传海报和举行运动方面的更多信息。

Measurement for Health

World Metrology Day in 2021 comes at a time when the world is focussed on making a quick and effective recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The speed and severity with which the virus impacted people around the world at the beginning of 2020 forced governments to respond rapidly. Right from the beginning, new measurement requirements emerged, starting with the need for large-scale testing for the presence of the virus and the performance of personal protective equipment. Subsequently, the development of vaccines has depended on accurate identification and measurement of complex protein and RNA molecules.

The enormous scale of these requirements has changed national priorities globally; governments have re-focussed established science capabilities to meet the challenge of protecting their populations from the impact of the virus. The metrology community around the globe has been involved with these new national and global challenges, and has used its established experience of measurement science to address national needs such as by:

• setting up systems to test masks needed for personal protection,

• contributing to the design and testing of new ventilator systems needed in hospitals,

• identifying and counting virus molecules in test samples, and

• measuring the efficacy of vaccine doses.

  
  

This has been possible because of established technical capabilities to support many of the measurements needed to protect and improve health. These include:

• developing international standards for all types of medical devices with a measuring function, including automated blood-pressure instruments, ophthalmic instruments and medical syringes,

• underpinning clinical laboratory testing by ensuring that measurements made by medical thermometers are in line with the internationally recognised temperature scale,

• ensuring that patients experience the correct dose of X-rays during diagnostic procedures, and

• providing the basis for accurate therapeutic doses of radiation in the treatment of cancer.

  
  

We chose the theme “Measurement for Health” for World Metrology Day this year to draw attention to the importance of measurement to support the protection of health. It comes at a time when the experience and capabilities invested in metrology organisations around the world have been turned at short notice to address new national health challenges.

We wish you a very successful World Metrology Day 2021 and look forward to receiving your posters and details of any events you are holding.