“国际辐照协会(IIA)是一个旨在促进世界辐照行业发展的非盈利性组织,同时也是国际原子能机构认可的非政府组织”。

此前，中国国际电视台(CGTN)对此进行专题采访。采访一经播出，中国发布《医用一次性防护服辐照灭菌应急规范(临时)》，授权使用辐照灭菌技术对医用一次性防护服进行灭菌，受到国际广泛关注。2月14日，国际辐照协会针对这一热点事件发布了新闻报道。

Irradiation as one of the emergency responses to the Covid-19 epidemic in China

中国采用辐照技术紧急应对新型冠状病毒疫情

The Novel Coronavirus crisis in China has created a sudden huge demand for protective garments. This emergency situation has had an impact on the way these garments are sterilized. Ethylene oxide is by far the dominant sterilization technology for single use medical devices in China. However the process takes seven to fourteen days, which is too long under the present circumstances. Irradiation can  reduce the lead time to one day.

中国爆发的新型冠状病毒疫情，造成医疗防护服需求激增。面临如此严峻的情况，现有防护衣物消毒灭菌方式需要做出重大调整。目前，中国主要采用环氧乙烷对医疗一次性用品进行灭菌，但其灭菌过程需要7到14天，在当前形势下过于缓慢。而辐照技术可以将灭菌过程缩短到一天。

At the request of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State Food and Drug Administration and the National Health Commission reviewed a Specifications for Radiation Sterilization of Single-use Protective Clothing for Medical Use during Emergency as a Contingency Practice drafted by our affiliate the China Isotope and Radiation Association (CIRA).

应中国国家工业和信息化部要求，中国同位素与辐射行业协会(CIRA)组织起草了《医用一次性防护服辐照灭菌应急规范(临时)》，并通过了国家食品药品监督管理局和国家卫生健康委员会相关专家的审议。

On February 7. the National Technical Committee for Standardization of Disinfection Equipment and the National Standardization Unit for Bio-Protection Products temporarily authorized the use of gamma and electron beam irradiation to replace ethylene oxide with a prescription that the irradiated products must been used within one month of the irradiation date.

2月7日，经全国消毒器械标准化技术委员会和全国生物防护产品标准化归口单位投票，临时授权使用伽玛射线辐照和电子束辐照装置代替环氧乙烷进行消毒。

This exceptional provision was triggered by the status of the crisis and the fact that our member the China Isotope & Radiation Corporation(CIRC) had announced on January 27 that the sterilization services of its various treatment units would be free of charge.

1月27日，国际辐射防护协会的成员—中国同辐股份有限公司(CIRC)旗下所属辐照加工单位开始为运往武汉地区的紧急医疗物资提供免费辐照服务。由于疫情紧急，加之中国同辐的主动作为，《应急规范》得以迅速颁布。