Patent ID: 8672217
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A data output method in analysis of a sample, the method comprising: a step of reading test subject identification information recorded on an information recording portion of a sample container by reading means provided at an analytical device; a data output step of outputting data on analysis results of a sample contained in the sample container by using a data output means provided at the analytical device, the method further comprising: a step of acquiring, from a source external to the analytical device, drug administration information on the test subject corresponding to the test subject identification information read out by the reading means, wherein when the data on analysis results of a sample are outputted in the data output step, data on the drug administration information on the test subject are also outputted; a step of determining whether contents of the drug administration information are contents that affect the analysis results of a sample by a determination means, wherein in the case in which the determination means determines that the contents of the drug administration information are contents that affect the analysis results of a sample and when the data on the analysis results are outputted the data on the drug administration information and data indicating that drug administration produces effect on the analysis results are outputted together therewith, and in the case in which the determination means determines that the contents of the drug administration information are not contents that affect the analysis results of a sample and when the data on the analysis results are outputted, the data on the drug administration information are not outputted together therewith, or the drug administration information are outputted together therewith.