Patent ID: 8209196

Claim:
A specimen testing apparatus comprising: a testing section for testing a specimen; a storage section for storing subject attribute information and test results in correspondence with each other, the subject attribute information comprising attribute information with which a subject from which the specimen has been collected can be specified, and the test results being obtained by testing the specimen collected from the subject relating to the subject attribute information by the testing section; an output section for outputting information stored in the storage section; and a controller, wherein the controller: receives input of the subject attribute information; controls the testing section such that the testing section tests the specimen and obtains the test results; causes the storage section to store the subject attribute information and the test results of the specimen collected from the subject relating to the subject attribute information in correspondence with each other; receives from an operator, identification information for identifying the operator; and controls the output section to output first test information comprising the subject attribute information and the test results relating to the subject attribute information when the received identification information corresponds to first type information which indicates that the operator belongs to the first type, and controls the output section to output second test information comprising not the attribute information, with which the subject can be specified, from among the subject attribute information, but the test results relating to the subject attribute information when the received identification information corresponds to second type information which indicates that the operator belongs to the second type.