Gray R
Division of Humanitarian Action, WHO, Geneva.
World Health Stat Q. 1996;49(3-4):218-20.
Concepts, ideas and advocacy for standardization of medical materials have been in existence for over a hundred years and until 1957 were the domain of the Red Cross Movement. Following the Second World War there emerged both national and international organizations concerned with standardization of medical materials. The Gulf War brought deficiencies in emergency relief to the attention of the United Nations System and one of the consequences of this was the decision to standardize all emergency relief items needed in the early phase of emergencies. Standardization of health relief items made up one part of this process.
关于医疗物资标准化的概念、理念及倡导已存在了一百多年，直到1957年一直是红十字运动的领域。第二次世界大战后，出现了关注医疗物资标准化的国家和国际组织。海湾战争使紧急救援中的不足引起了联合国系统的关注，其后果之一是决定对紧急情况初期所需的所有紧急救援物资进行标准化。卫生救援物资的标准化是这一过程的一部分。
