CN112204403A

CN112204403A - Sample testing method and sample analysis device

Info

Publication number: CN112204403A
Application number: CN201980035188.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 周洋; 张之勇; 何赟; 朱星才
Original assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio Medical Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio Medical Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-06-28
Filing date: 2019-06-28
Publication date: 2021-01-08
Also published as: WO2020001650A1

Abstract

A sample testing method and a sample analyzing device determine the priority of a sample to be tested, wherein the priority at least comprises an outpatient service priority and a non-outpatient service priority, and the outpatient service priority is higher than the non-outpatient service priority; and controlling each sample to carry out testing according to the priority of each sample.

Description

Sample testing method and sample analysis device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a sample testing method and a sample analyzer.

Background

The Time from the completion of the blood drawing of the human body to the Time when the report sheet containing all the test items is provided becomes the test result return Time (TAT). TAT time is an observation used by many hospital clinical laboratory to evaluate the sustained quality improvement. Through the statistical analysis of the TAT time, the reason and the key which cause the delay of the sample test can be found, and the inspection speed can be improved through the improvement of the process.

The main specimens of the clinical laboratory in hospitals were from 3 parts of the ward, clinic and physical examination in the department of the hospital. Because the samples from the hospital wards are all from the inpatients, the sample collection time is generally completed before 8 am, and the samples are mainly characterized by large batch and the earliest time to reach the clinical laboratory. The outpatient samples come from patients who are seen in hospitals on the day, so the sampling time of the samples of the type is not very concentrated, and the samples are mainly characterized by small batch, scattered laboratory samples and scattered test items. The samples of the physical examination are from the clients who carry out the physical examination in the physical examination department, and the samples are mainly characterized by the largest batch, the late results of the samples arriving at the laboratory and the concentrated test items. The three samples from different sources also have different requirements on the TAT (time to completion) of the test result, and generally, the patient in an outpatient service sample has the highest requirement on the TAT time because the patient hopes to take a report on the day to find a doctor to confirm the condition of the patient; the physical examination samples generally provide detection reports after several days, so the TAT time requirement is minimum; the ward sample's requirements for TAT time are intermediate, i.e. weaker than the outpatient sample but higher than the physical sample.

Technical problem

Hospital clinical laboratory for the above samples from different sources, the on-machine test is generally performed according to the arrival time of the sample. For example, since the time for a ward specimen to reach a clinical laboratory is the earliest, the ward specimen is subjected to on-machine testing after the sample pretreatment; the sample analyzer is used for testing according to the sampling sequence, namely, the sample entering the analyzer firstly can be tested firstly, so that the subsequent outpatient service sample reaching the clinical laboratory can be discharged to the ward sample entering the analyzer after entering the sample analyzer. Therefore, if a large number of ward samples are entered into the sample analyzer at a certain day, the TAT time of the outpatient samples is delayed seriously, which cannot meet the requirements of the clinical examination in practical situations. In order to solve this problem, many hospitals have 2 independent clinical laboratories or multiple instruments for outpatient and ward use different instruments for outpatient and ward samples. But this solution wastes valuable resources of the hospital and makes the management of patient information more cumbersome.

Technical solution

The invention mainly provides a sample testing method and a sample analyzing device.

According to a first aspect, there is provided in an embodiment a method of testing a sample, comprising:

determining the priority of a sample to be tested, wherein the priority at least comprises an outpatient service priority and a non-outpatient service priority, and the outpatient service priority is higher than the non-outpatient service priority, wherein the non-outpatient service priority comprises a ward priority and/or a physical examination priority;

and controlling each sample to carry out testing according to the priority of each sample.

According to a second aspect, there is provided in an embodiment a sample analysis device comprising:

the measuring component is used for detecting the sample to obtain a sample detection result;

the sample part is used for bearing a sample to be tested, sucking the sample and then providing the sample to the measuring part;

a reagent unit for carrying a reagent and sucking the reagent and supplying the reagent to the measurement unit;

a controller for controlling the sample part, the reagent part and the assay part to perform a test of the sample; the controller is used for determining the priority of the samples to be tested, the priority at least comprises an outpatient service priority and a non-outpatient service priority, the outpatient service priority is higher than the non-outpatient service priority, and the non-outpatient service priority comprises a ward priority and/or a physical examination priority; and controlling each sample to carry out testing according to the priority of each sample.

According to a third aspect, an embodiment provides a computer-readable storage medium, characterized by a program, which is executable by a processor to perform the method according to any one of the embodiments of the invention.

Advantageous effects

According to the sample testing method, the sample analyzing apparatus, and the computer-readable storage medium of the above embodiments, the outpatient sample priority test is realized.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a sample analyzer according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 (a) is a schematic view of a sample part comprising a plurality of channels for placing a carrier part; FIG. 2 (b) is a schematic view of a sample section comprising a plurality of two input regions;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a method of testing a sample of an embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the priority level;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a sample analyzer according to another embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a flow diagram of determining a priority of samples to be tested according to one embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a flow diagram of an embodiment of receiving instructions for user prioritization of samples;

FIG. 8 is a flow diagram of another embodiment for determining a priority of samples to be tested;

FIG. 9 is a flow chart of a sample testing method according to another embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a flow diagram of determining a priority of a bearer according to one embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a flow diagram of another embodiment of receiving instructions for a user to prioritize a bearer;

FIG. 12 is a flow diagram of another embodiment for determining priority of a bearer;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural view of a sample section including two input areas arranged side by side according to an embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view of a sample analysis device including a mechanical member according to one embodiment;

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a basket according to one embodiment;

FIG. 16 is a flow chart of a sample testing method according to yet another embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a flow diagram of determining priority of a drop zone according to one embodiment.

Modes for carrying out the invention

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the following detailed description and accompanying drawings. Wherein like elements in different embodiments are numbered with like associated elements. In the following description, numerous details are set forth in order to provide a better understanding of the present application. However, those skilled in the art will readily recognize that some of the features may be omitted or replaced with other elements, materials, methods in different instances. In some instances, certain operations related to the present application have not been shown or described in detail in order to avoid obscuring the core of the present application from excessive description, and it is not necessary for those skilled in the art to describe these operations in detail, so that they may be fully understood from the description in the specification and the general knowledge in the art.

Furthermore, the features, operations, or characteristics described in the specification may be combined in any suitable manner to form various embodiments. Also, the various steps or actions in the method descriptions may be transposed or transposed in order, as will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art. Thus, the various sequences in the specification and drawings are for the purpose of describing certain embodiments only and are not intended to imply a required sequence unless otherwise indicated where such sequence must be followed.

As mentioned above, samples from different sources (e.g. clinic, ward and physical examination) have different TAT requirements, with the highest TAT requirement for the clinic samples and the lowest TAT requirement for the physical examination samples, in other words, in actual demand, the clinic samples want the fastest results, the ward samples the next and the physical examination samples the next. Generally, the samples of general wards are collected at the earliest and sent to a clinical laboratory; the collection time of the outpatient samples is not concentrated, and the samples are collected by the patients from time to time because of dispersion; the physical examination sample is collected at the latest and is sent to the clinical laboratory correspondingly at the latest. However, because the sample analyzer performs the test first and then according to the sequence of the samples entering the analyzer, if the mode of first testing first and then testing later is adopted, the TAT required by the samples of different types may have a large conflict with the actual TAT time.

In order to solve this problem, many hospitals, as mentioned above, will use different instruments to test at least the outpatient room sample and the ward room sample, but this will waste the valuable resources of the hospital and make the management of the patient information more troublesome.

In the actual test process, many sample analyzers also have an emergency treatment channel, which is set for emergency treatment samples, and the samples put into the emergency treatment channel are preferentially tested, that is, tested before being inserted into other samples put into the instrument to obtain the test results. Therefore, in order to make the outpatient samples be tested preferentially, the outpatient samples can be set as the emergency samples and put into the emergency channels of the instrument to be tested in queue, but this is not a feasible solution in practice because: firstly, the number of emergency treatment channels in the instrument is generally very small, so that the test quantity of an outpatient sample cannot be met in a long time; secondly, the emergency samples have different requirements on charging, management and detection reports from non-emergency samples or ordinary samples, so that the requirements of actual management of hospitals are not met.

The inventor conceives that the ordinary samples or the non-emergency samples are used for determining the test priority of the samples according to the types of the samples, for example, the outpatient samples are tested preferentially, namely when the outpatient samples enter the sample analyzer later, the outpatient samples are inserted into the sample analyzer before the non-emergency samples (such as ward samples and the like) which are placed into the sample analyzer in front of the sample analyzer are tested preferentially, so that the hospital instrument resources are not wasted as the conventional method is, the conflict between the TAT time required by each type of samples, especially the outpatient samples and the actual TAT time is solved, and the actual TAT time of the samples can meet the TAT required by the samples.

It should be noted that the samples generally include quality control samples, calibration samples, and normal samples, and the normal samples include emergency samples and non-emergency samples. The quality control sample is a quality control product for evaluating the testing capability of the system, the calibration sample is a calibrator for calibrating various testing items, and the common sample can be tested only after item calibration and quality control. For instruments employing a carrier member such as a sample rack, the sample rack generally includes a quality control sample rack, a calibration sample rack, and a general sample rack, and the general sample rack further includes an emergency sample rack and a non-emergency sample rack, the quality control sample rack is used for placing the quality control sample, the calibration sample rack is used for placing the calibration sample, and the general sample rack is used for placing the general sample, specifically, the emergency sample rack is used for placing the emergency sample, and the non-emergency sample is used for placing the non-emergency sample. The present invention may be directed to a general sample, or further, the present invention may be directed to a non-emergency sample. The following is illustrated by several examples.

Referring to fig. 1, in one embodiment of the present invention, a sample analyzer is disclosed, which includes a sample unit 10, a reagent unit 30, a measurement unit 50, and a controller 70, which are described in detail below.

The sample unit 10 is used for carrying a sample to be tested, and the sample is sucked and supplied to the measurement unit 50. There are several implementations of the sample block 10, and several are tried below.

The sample block 10 may be operated in units of samples, for example, samples are contained in sample containers (e.g., test tubes), the sample block 10 is scheduled in units of sample containers, and the sample containers containing the samples are individually scheduled to the sample sucking position to suck the samples in the sample containers and then discharged to the measuring block 50.

The sample unit 10 may be operated in units of a carrier, for example, the carrier (such as a sample rack or a test tube rack) may carry a plurality of sample containers (such as test tubes) for holding samples, and the sample unit 10 may be scheduled in units of a carrier to be respectively scheduled to a sample sucking position to suck the samples on the carrier and then discharge the samples to the measuring unit 50. There are many ways in which the sample section 10 may schedule the carrier section in particular.

For example, referring to fig. 2 (a), a sample injection region is disposed in the sample block 10, the sample injection region includes a plurality of channels, each channel can be used for placing a carrier block, and the sample block 10 can dispatch the carrier block in the channel to a sample suction position from any one channel.

For example, referring to fig. 2 (b), the sample block 10 is provided with a sample injection region, the sample injection region includes one or more input regions, and a schematic diagram of two input regions arranged side by side is shown. The placing area is used for placing bearing parts to be subjected to sample introduction, after the bearing parts to be subjected to sample introduction are placed in the placing area by an operator, the sample part 10 dispatches the bearing parts in the placing area to a sample sucking position, the bearing parts subjected to sample sucking are dispatched to a recovery area used for placing the bearing parts subjected to sample introduction, and the operator can recover the bearing parts from the recovery area. Of course, in an embodiment, the input area may also have the function of the recovery area, that is, the input area and the recovery area are integrated into one. For any one input area, the load bearing members near the outlet of the input area are dispatched first, and the load bearing members far from the outlet of the input area can be dispatched later, because the load bearing members near the outlet of the input area in the input area can block the load bearing members far from the outlet of the input area. This can present a problem if a carrier remote from the exit of the input zone is to be tested first, and must wait until a carrier near the exit of the input zone is scheduled to be extracted. In order to solve the problem, a buffer area may be introduced into the sample part 10, and the carriers are dispatched to the buffer area before being dispatched to the sample sucking position from the input area, so that the buffer area can be used to realize that any one carrier is dispatched to the sample sucking position in an "in-line" manner, for example, a carrier close to the output of the input area and a carrier far from the output of the input area are carried in the input area, the two carriers are dispatched to the buffer area first, and then the original carrier far from the output of the input area is dispatched to the sample sucking position in the buffer area, so that the function that the carrier far from the output of the input area is tested earlier than the carrier close to the output of the input area is realized.

It should be noted that, in the present invention, the placing area carries or places the sample, which may mean that the placing area directly carries the sample or indirectly carries the sample, for example, the placing area may be placed with a plurality of carrying members, each carrying member carries a plurality of samples, and for example, the placing area may be placed with a basket that can be placed in and taken out, and the basket is used for carrying a plurality of samples. Similarly, the carrier member carries a plurality of samples, which may mean that the carrier member carries a plurality of sample containers, each sample container containing a sample. Similarly, the carrier is used for carrying a plurality of samples, and may also be referred to as a carrier that carries a plurality of samples by carrying a plurality of carrying members.

The reagent unit 30 is used for carrying a reagent, and supplies the reagent to the measurement unit 50 after the reagent is aspirated.

The measuring unit 50 is used for measuring a sample to obtain a sample measurement result.

The controller 70 is used to control the sample part 10, the reagent part 30 and the assay part 50 to complete the testing of the sample. For example, the controller 70 controls the sample unit 10 to perform the scheduling and aspiration of the sample, and discharge to the measurement unit 50; the control reagent part 30 sucks and discharges a reagent to the measurement part 50, controls the measurement part 50 to react and measure a sample and the reagent, controls timing coordination among the sample part 10, the reagent part 30, and the measurement part 50, and the like. The present invention improves upon the controller 70, and in one embodiment of the controller 70, is configured to determine a priority of the samples to be tested, the priority including at least an outpatient priority and a non-outpatient priority, the outpatient priority being higher than the non-outpatient priority; the controller 70 controls each sample to be tested according to the priority of each sample. In one embodiment, the non-clinic priorities include ward priorities and/or physical examination priorities, and in one embodiment, the ward priorities are higher than the physical examination priorities.

It should be noted that, in this document, priority, as the name implies, refers to the authority of priority, and the higher the priority, the higher the authority is, for example, samples with clinic priority and samples with non-clinic priority are put into the sample component 10, and regardless of the order of putting them, when there are samples with clinic priority and samples with non-clinic priority in the instrument, the controller 70 controls the samples with clinic priority with high priority to be tested first, and then controls the samples with relatively low priority to be tested.

Referring to fig. 3, an embodiment of the present invention further discloses a method for testing a sample (hereinafter referred to as a testing method), which includes

steps

1000 and 2000, which are described in detail below.

Step 1000: the priority of the samples to be tested is determined.

Step 2000: and controlling each sample to carry out testing according to the priority of each sample.

Referring to fig. 4, the priorities in the present invention at least include an outpatient priority and a non-outpatient priority, and the outpatient priority is higher than the non-outpatient priority. In one embodiment, the non-outpatient priority includes a ward priority and/or a physical examination priority, which in one embodiment is higher than the physical examination priority.

One key point of the present invention is how to determine the priority of the samples to be tested, which is illustrated below by several specific examples.

Example 1

(1) The user can manually set the priority of the sample applying for testing individually or in batches

The sample analyzer of an embodiment, wherein the controller 70 determines the priority of the samples to be tested, includes: and receiving an instruction set by a user for the priority of the sample, and determining the priority of the sample according to the instruction.

Specifically, referring to fig. 5, the sample analysis apparatus may further include a display part 90 to assist the user in inputting an instruction for setting the priority of the sample.

The controller 70 obtains identification information of the sample container holding the sample to determine the type of sample. For example, the sample container is attached with a barcode or a label containing identification information of the sample contained therein, and the identification information contains type information of the sample, so that the controller 70 can determine the type of the sample by obtaining the identification information of the sample container, where the type of the sample includes that the sample is an outpatient type and a non-outpatient type, and the non-outpatient type can be further classified into a ward type and a physical examination type. The identification information may also be associated with type information of the sample, so that the controller 70 may obtain the type information associated with the identification information by obtaining the identification information of the sample container, so as to determine the type of the sample, for example, a lookup table is pre-built in the controller 70, the identification information corresponds to the type information, and after obtaining the identification information of the sample container, the controller 70 may find the type information associated with or corresponding to the identification information according to the lookup table, so as to determine the type of the sample.

The controller 70 then controls the display part 90 to display the type of the sample to assist the user in inputting an instruction for priority setting of the sample according to the type of the sample. For example, in the sample application stage, the display unit 90 may display a sample application interface, which includes a schematic diagram of the sample to be tested and a type of the sample displayed near the schematic diagram of each sample, so that the user can input a priority setting instruction for the sample according to the type of each sample, for example, a priority setting box may be provided and displayed in the display unit 90, in which the above-mentioned various priorities are selectable, including an outpatient priority, a non-outpatient priority, or an outpatient priority, a ward priority, a physical examination priority, etc.; the user may input an instruction to prioritize the sample, for example, select a priority in the priority setting box, through a keyboard input, a mouse click, or a touch screen operation (when the display section 90 is a touch-screen-able).

The above is an example in which the controller 70 acquires identification information of a sample container holding a sample to determine the type of the sample, and the controller 70 may also acquire identification information of a sample container holding a sample to determine department information of the sample. For example, the sample container is attached with a barcode or a label containing identification information of the sample, and the identification information includes department information of the sample, so that the controller 70 can determine the department information of the sample by acquiring the identification information of the sample container, the departments of the sample include outpatient departments and non-outpatient departments, and the non-outpatient departments can be further divided into ward departments and physical examination departments. The identification information may also be associated with department information of the sample, so that the controller 70 may obtain the department information associated with the identification information by obtaining the identification information of the sample container, thereby determining the department information of the sample, for example, a lookup table is pre-built in the controller 70, the identification information corresponds to the department information, and after obtaining the identification information of the sample container, the controller 70 may find the department information associated with or corresponding to the identification information according to the lookup table, thereby determining the department information of the sample. The controller 70 then controls the display part 90 to display the department information of the sample to assist the user in inputting an instruction for priority setting of the sample according to the department information of the sample. For example, in the sample application stage, the display unit 90 may display a sample application interface, which includes a schematic diagram of the sample to be tested and department information of the sample displayed near the schematic diagram of each sample, so that the user can input the instruction for setting the priority of the sample according to the type of each sample, for example, a priority setting box may be provided and displayed in the display unit 90, in which the above-mentioned various priorities are selectable, including the outpatient priority, the non-outpatient priority, or the outpatient priority, the ward priority, the physical examination priority, etc.; the user may input an instruction to prioritize the sample, for example, select a priority in the priority setting box, through a keyboard input, a mouse click, or a touch screen operation (when the display section 90 is a touch-screen-able).

Referring to fig. 6, a testing method according to an embodiment, wherein step 1000 determines a priority of a sample to be tested, includes steps 110 and 120.

Step 110: an instruction for user priority setting of a sample is received. In one embodiment, the testing method may assist the user in entering instructions for prioritizing the samples by displaying the type of sample. For example, referring to fig. 7, step 110 may include step 111 and step 113.

Step 111: identification information of a sample container holding the sample is obtained to determine the type of the sample.

Step 113: the type of the sample is displayed to assist the user in inputting an instruction for priority setting of the sample according to the type of the sample.

Of course, the types of the samples in step 111 and step 113 may be replaced by the department information of the samples. Whether the type of sample or the department information of the sample is preset, for example, on the LIS system, so that the identification information of the sample container is associated with the type or department information of the corresponding sample.

Step 120: the priority of the samples is determined according to the instruction received in step 110.

(2) The sample analyzer may also automatically set the priority of the sample to be tested

The sample analyzer of an embodiment, wherein the controller 70 determines the priority of the samples to be tested, includes: acquiring identification information of a sample container containing a sample to determine the type of the sample; the priority of the samples is determined according to the types of the samples.

As described above, the identification information may include or be associated with the type information of the sample, so that the controller 70 acquires the identification information of the sample container holding the sample to determine the type of the sample. After the controller 70 determines the type of the sample, the priority of the sample is determined according to the type of the sample. For example, in one embodiment, when the type of the sample is the outpatient type, the priority of the sample is determined as the outpatient priority; and/or, when the type of the sample is a non-outpatient type, determining the priority of the sample as a non-outpatient priority. Further, the non-clinic type may include a ward type and/or a physical examination type, and when the type of the sample is the ward type, the priority of the sample is determined as the ward priority; and when the type of the sample is the physical examination type, determining the priority of the sample as the physical examination priority.

In one embodiment, the identification information may also include or be associated with the department information of the sample, and the controller 70 obtains the identification information of the sample container holding the sample to determine the department information of the sample, and then determines the priority of the sample according to the department information of the sample. For example, when the department information of the sample is the outpatient department, the priority of the sample is determined as the outpatient priority; and/or when the department information of the sample is a non-outpatient department, determining the priority of the sample as the non-outpatient priority. Further, the non-outpatient department may include a ward department and/or a physical examination department, and when the department information of the sample is the ward department, the priority of the sample is determined as the ward priority; and when the department information of the sample is the physical examination department, determining the priority of the sample as the physical examination priority.

Referring to fig. 8, a testing method according to an embodiment, wherein step 1000 determines a priority of a sample to be tested, includes steps 210 and 220.

Step 210: identification information of the container holding the sample is taken to determine the type of sample.

Step 220: the priority of the samples is determined according to the types of the samples. For example, when the type of the sample is the outpatient type, the priority of the sample is determined as the outpatient priority; and/or, when the type of the sample is a non-outpatient type, determining the priority of the sample as a non-outpatient priority. Further, the non-clinic type of the sample can also comprise a ward type and a physical examination type, so that when the type of the sample is the ward type, the priority of the sample is determined as the ward priority; and when the type of the sample is the physical examination type, determining the priority of the sample as the physical examination priority.

Of course, the types of the samples in step 210 and step 220 may be replaced by the department information of the samples, so that when the department information of the samples is the outpatient department, the priority of the samples is determined as the outpatient priority; and/or when the department information of the sample is a non-outpatient department, determining the priority of the sample as the non-outpatient priority. Further, the non-outpatient department of the sample can be further divided into a ward department and a physical examination department, so that when the department information of the sample is the ward department, the priority of the sample is determined as the ward priority; and when the department information of the sample is the physical examination department, determining the priority of the sample as the physical examination priority.

In this embodiment 1, samples are taken as objects to determine the priority, and the samples with clinic priority are tested with the highest priority. For the sample part 10 operating by taking the sample as a unit, the sample part 10 tests the samples in sequence according to the priority of the samples to be tested at present, or sends the samples to the sample sucking position in sequence for sample sucking operation. For the sample part 10 operating by taking the bearing part as a unit, the controller can control each sample to be tested according to the priority of each sample, and the method comprises the following steps: all samples on the carrier are controlled to be tested according to the highest priority of the samples. For example, the carrier carries a plurality of samples, and if only one of the samples has the priority of the outpatient service priority, all the samples on the carrier are tested according to the outpatient service priority. Accordingly, in the testing method of an embodiment, the step 2000 of controlling each sample to perform the test according to the priority of each sample includes: all samples on the carrier are controlled to be tested according to the highest priority of the samples. Of course, in some embodiments, for the sample unit 10 operating on a carrier unit basis, the controller may control each sample to be tested according to the priority of each sample, and may also include: and controlling each sample on the bearing part, and testing according to the priority of each sample. Accordingly, in the testing method of an embodiment, the step 2000 of controlling each sample to perform the test according to the priority of each sample includes: and controlling each sample on the bearing part, and testing according to the priority of each sample.

It should be noted that, generally, the priority of the emergency samples is higher than that of the outpatient service samples, and the samples with the same priority can be tested according to the sequence of entering the instrument. A sample is preferentially tested, typically scheduled to a sample uptake location for uptake of the sample.

Example 2

In embodiment 1, the samples are used as objects to set the priorities, in embodiment 2, the bearers are used as objects to set the priorities, and the priorities of the bearers represent the priorities of all the samples on the bearers, which is described in detail below.

The sample analyzer of an embodiment, wherein the controller 70 determines the priority of the samples to be tested, includes: the carrier is prioritized to determine the priority of the samples on the carrier. The controller 70 controls each sample to be tested according to the priority of each sample, including: and controlling the sample part to sequentially dispatch each bearing part to the sample sucking position according to the priority of each bearing part.

Accordingly, referring to fig. 9, the method for testing according to an embodiment, wherein the step 1000 of determining the priority of the samples to be tested includes the steps 300 of: determining a priority of a carrier to determine a priority of a sample on the carrier; step 2000, controlling each sample to perform a test according to the priority of each sample includes step 900: and controlling the bearing parts to be sequentially scheduled to the sample sucking positions according to the priorities of the bearing parts.

(1) The user may manually set the priorities of the bearers individually or in batches

The controller 70 of the sample analyzer of an embodiment determines the priority of the carrier, and includes: receiving an instruction of priority setting of a user on a bearing part; the priority of the bearer is determined according to the instruction.

Specifically, the sample analysis apparatus may further include a display part 90 that assists the user in inputting instructions for priority setting of the carrying part. The controller 70 determines the priority of the bearer, further comprising: acquiring identification information of the bearing component to determine the type of the bearing component, wherein the type of the bearing component at least comprises an outpatient type and a non-outpatient type. For example, a bar code or a label containing identification information is disposed on the carrier, and the identification information contains information indicating the type of the carrier, so that the controller 70 can determine the type of the carrier by obtaining the identification information of the carrier, where the type of the carrier includes that the sample is an outpatient type and a non-outpatient type, and the non-outpatient type can be further classified into a ward type and a physical examination type. The identification information may also be associated with type information of the bearing component, so that the controller 70 may obtain the type information associated with the identification information by obtaining the identification information of the bearing component, so as to determine the type of the bearing component, for example, a lookup table is pre-built in the controller 70, the identification information corresponds to the type information, and after obtaining the identification information of the bearing component, the controller 70 may find the type information associated with or corresponding to the identification information according to the lookup table, so as to determine the type of the bearing component.

The controller 70 controls the display part 90 to display the type of the carrier part to assist the user to input an instruction for priority setting of the carrier part according to the type of the carrier part. For example, in the sample application stage, the display unit 90 may display a sample application interface, which includes the schematic diagram of the carrier to be tested and the type of the carrier displayed near the schematic diagram of each carrier, so that the user can input the instruction for priority setting of the carrier according to the type of each carrier, for example, a priority setting box may be provided and displayed in the display unit 90, and the priority setting box may be selected from the above-mentioned multiple priorities, including the outpatient priority, the non-outpatient priority, or the outpatient priority, the ward priority, the physical examination priority, etc.; the user may enter an instruction to prioritize the bearers, such as to select a priority in the priority setting box, by a keyboard input, a mouse click, or a touch screen operation (when the display 90 is touch-screen-enabled).

Referring to fig. 10, an exemplary testing method, step 300, for determining a priority of a load bearing member, may include steps 310 and 320.

Step 310: an instruction of a user to set a priority of a bearer is received. In one embodiment, the testing method may assist the user in entering instructions for prioritization of the load bearing members by displaying the type of load bearing member. For example, referring to fig. 11, step 310 may include step 311 and step 313.

Step 311: identification information of the carrier is acquired to determine the type of the carrier. The types of load bearing members may include an outpatient type and a non-outpatient type.

Step 313: the type of the carrier is displayed to assist a user in inputting an instruction for priority setting of the carrier according to the type of the carrier.

Step 320: the priority of the bearer is determined from the instructions received in step 310.

(2) The sample analysis device may also automatically prioritize the carriers to be tested

The controller 70 of the sample analyzer of an embodiment determines the priority of the carrier, and includes: acquiring identification information of the bearing part to determine the type of the bearing part; the priority of the bearer is determined according to the type of the bearer.

There are many implementations of the controller 70 obtaining the identification information of the carrying member to determine the type of the carrying member, for example, the carrying member is provided with a barcode or a tag containing the identification information, and the identification information contains information indicating the type of the carrying member, so that the controller 70 can determine the type of the carrying member by obtaining the identification information of the carrying member, the type of the carrying member includes that the sample is an outpatient type and a non-outpatient type as described above, and the non-outpatient type can be further classified into a ward type and a physical examination type. The identification information may also be associated with type information of the bearing component, so that the controller 70 may obtain the type information associated with the identification information by obtaining the identification information of the bearing component, so as to determine the type of the bearing component, for example, a lookup table is pre-built in the controller 70, the identification information corresponds to the type information, and after obtaining the identification information of the bearing component, the controller 70 may find the type information associated with or corresponding to the identification information according to the lookup table, so as to determine the type of the bearing component.

After the controller 70 determines the type of the load bearing member, it determines the priority of the load bearing member according to the type of the load bearing member. In one embodiment, the types of the carrier member include at least an outpatient type and a non-outpatient type; when the type of the carrying member is the outpatient type, the controller 70 determines the priority of the carrying member as the outpatient priority; and/or, when the type of the carrier is a non-outpatient type, the controller 70 determines the priority of the carrier as a non-outpatient priority. Further, the non-clinic type of the carrying component may further include a ward type and/or a physical examination type, so that when the type of the carrying component is the ward type, the controller 70 determines the priority of the carrying component as the ward priority; and when the type of the bearing part is the physical examination type, determining the priority of the bearing part as the physical examination priority.

Referring to fig. 12, in one embodiment of the testing method, the step 300 of determining the priority of the load bearing member may include

steps

330 and 340.

Step 330: identification information of the carrier is acquired to determine the type of the carrier.

Step 340: the priority of the bearer is determined according to the type of the bearer. For example, the types of the carrier member include at least an outpatient type and a non-outpatient type; when the type of the bearing part is the outpatient service type, determining the priority of the bearing part as the outpatient service priority; and/or when the type of the bearing part is a non-clinic type, determining the priority of the bearing part as a non-clinic priority. Further, the non-outpatient type of the carrying component can comprise a ward type and/or a physical examination type; when the type of the bearing part is the ward type, determining the priority of the bearing part as the ward priority; and when the type of the bearing part is the physical examination type, determining the priority of the bearing part as the physical examination priority.

In order for the operator to distinguish when a sample of a corresponding type is placed on a carrier of a corresponding type, for example, a sample of an outpatient type is placed on a carrier of an outpatient type, and a sample of a non-outpatient type is placed on a carrier of a non-outpatient type, the appearance of the carrier of the outpatient type may be different from that of the carrier of the non-outpatient type; for example, the outpatient type carrier member has a different color appearance than the non-outpatient type carrier member.

It will be appreciated that when an outpatient type carrier and a non-outpatient type carrier are placed in the sample analyzing apparatus, the controller 70 of the sample analyzing apparatus controls the sample on the outpatient type carrier to be tested first, and then controls the sample on the non-outpatient type carrier to be tested.

It should be noted that, taking the carrier as a sample rack as an example, generally, the priority of an emergency sample rack is higher than that of an outpatient type sample rack, and the same type of sample rack can be tested according to the sequence of entering the instrument. A sample rack, or sample on a sample rack, is preferably tested, typically by being scheduled to the pipetting position to aspirate the sample.

Example 3

In embodiment 1, the priority is set for the sample, in embodiment 2, the priority is set for the bearer, and in embodiment 3, the priority is set for the drop zone, which will be described in detail below.

The sample analyzing apparatus of an embodiment includes a sample block 10 having a plurality of input areas. The controller 70 determines the priority of the samples to be tested, including: determining the priority of the putting area so as to determine the priority of the sample of the putting area; the controller 70 controls each sample to be tested according to the priority of each sample, including: and controlling the samples of the putting areas to be tested according to the priority of the putting areas. Fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a sample block 10 of a sample analyzer including two juxtaposed input areas.

The priority of the placement area may also include an outpatient priority and a non-outpatient priority; the non-outpatient priority of the admission area can be further divided into ward priority and physical examination priority. Samples from the outpatient priority drop-in zone were tested preferentially over samples from the non-outpatient priority drop-in zone. The sample priority of the put-in area of ward priority is tested compared with the sample priority of the put-in area of physical examination priority. When the sample analyzer has both the outpatient priority input area and the non-outpatient priority input area for testing application and needs to sample and test, the controller 70 controls the outpatient priority input area to input the first sample, for example, the samples in the outpatient priority input area are dispatched to the sample sucking position to be sucked, and then the non-outpatient priority input area is controlled to sample. When the non-outpatient priority input area in the sample analysis device is sampling, if the sample is input into an outpatient priority input area at this time and the test is applied, the current non-outpatient priority input area can be suspended, the input area with the new application test outpatient priority is switched to for sampling, and after the input area with the new application test outpatient priority finishes sampling, the suspended non-outpatient priority input area is restarted to continue sampling. If multiple input areas with the same priority exist at the same time, the input areas are subjected to sampling or testing in the order of inputting samples.

The placing area is used for bearing a plurality of bearing parts in one embodiment, and each bearing part is provided with a plurality of samples; alternatively, the input area is used for carrying a carrier which can be input and output, the carrier carries a plurality of carrying parts, and each carrying part carries a plurality of samples. The controller 70 controls the samples of each input area to be tested according to the priority of each input area, and comprises the following steps: controlling the sample part 10 to dispatch the load bearing parts in the outpatient service priority placing area to a buffer area, determining the priority of the load bearing parts, and controlling the sample part to dispatch the load bearing parts from the buffer area to the sample sucking position in sequence according to the priority of the load bearing parts; in one embodiment, the controller 70 determines the priority of the bearers, including: acquiring identification information of the bearing parts to determine the types of the bearing parts; the priorities of the bearers are determined according to the types of the bearers. The manner in which the controller 70 determines the priority of the bearer may specifically refer to embodiment 2, and is not described herein again.

The priority of the drop zone is set in a number of ways, a few of which are tried below.

(1) The priority of each putting zone is preset

In one embodiment, the controller 70 determines the priority of the drop zone, including: and determining the priority of the putting area according to the preset priority of the putting area. For example, the priority of some of the drop zones is preset as an outpatient priority, and the priority of other drop zones is preset as a non-outpatient priority.

(2) The priority of each put-in area can be set

The controller 70 of the sample analyzer of an embodiment determines the priority of the input area, and includes: and receiving an instruction for setting the priority of the putting area, and determining the priority of the putting area according to the instruction.

(2.1) the user can set the priority of the drop zone through the display interface

The sample analysis apparatus of an embodiment may further include a display section 90 that assists the user in inputting instructions for setting the priority of the drop zone. For example, the controller 70 controls the display part 90 to display a schematic view of each drop-in area to assist the user in inputting an instruction for priority setting of each drop-in area. For example, a priority setting frame may be provided and displayed in the display unit 90, and the priority setting frame may be selectable by the above-mentioned various priorities, including an outpatient service priority, a non-outpatient service priority, or an outpatient service priority, a ward priority, a physical examination priority, etc.; the user may select which drop-in area by keyboard input, mouse click, or touch screen operation (when the display section 90 is touch-touchable), and then input an instruction to prioritize the drop-in area, for example, select a priority in the priority setting box.

(2.2) the user can set the priority of the drop zone by the entity key

Referring to fig. 14, in the sample analyzer according to an embodiment, a mechanical member 11 for a user to operate may be correspondingly disposed in each placing area, and the mechanical member 11 may be a physical key such as a button, a knob, or a toggle switch. When the mechanical member 11 is operated by a user, a signal is generated as an instruction for setting the priority of the input area corresponding to the mechanical member 11.

In one embodiment, the mechanical member 11 generates only one type of signal when operated by the user; the controller 70 determines the priority of the placing area corresponding to the machine 11 as the outpatient priority when receiving a signal generated when the machine 11 is operated by the user. In one embodiment, the default prioritization for staging may be a non-outpatient prioritization.

In one embodiment, the mechanical member 11 may generate two types of signals when operated differently by a user, including a first type of signal and a second type of signal. For example, the mechanical member 11 is a knob having an initial position that generates a first type of signal when the knob is rotated to a first position and a second type of signal when the knob is rotated to a second position. The controller 70 determines the priority of the placing area corresponding to the mechanical member 11 as the outpatient priority when receiving the first type of signal, and determines the priority of the placing area corresponding to the mechanical member as the non-outpatient priority when receiving the second type of signal.

(2.3) the user can set the priority of the drop-in area by placing a particular type of basket in the drop-in area

The putting-in area is used for bearing a basket which can be put in and taken out, and the basket is used for bearing a plurality of samples. Fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a typical basket. The basket in one embodiment comprises at least an outpatient type basket. An outpatient type basket is placed into the drop zone generating a signal as an instruction for priority setting of the drop zone; the controller 70 determines the priority of the drop zone of the outpatient-type basket as the outpatient priority when receiving a signal generated when the outpatient-type basket is dropped into the drop zone. In one embodiment, the default prioritization for staging may be a non-outpatient prioritization.

There are many ways in which the outpatient type basket can be implemented.

In a first mode, the drop-in area and the outpatient-type baskets are provided with a correlation sensor and a stopper, respectively, so that when the outpatient-type baskets are dropped into the drop-in area, the correlation sensor of the drop-in area can detect the stopper of the baskets, thereby generating a signal as an instruction for the priority setting of the drop-in area. In one embodiment, the stopper is arranged on the basket in an extensible and retractable manner, and when the stopper of the basket is in an extended state, the basket is an outpatient-type basket; when the stop of the basket is in the retracted state, the basket becomes a non-outpatient type basket.

In a second mode, the drop-in area and the outpatient type baskets are provided with reflective sensors and holes, respectively, so that when the outpatient type baskets are dropped into the drop-in area, the reflective sensors of the drop-in area can detect the holes of the baskets, thereby generating a signal as an instruction for setting the priority of the drop-in area. In one embodiment, the holes are arranged on the basket in an openable and closable manner, and when the holes of the basket are in an opened state, the basket is an outpatient-type basket; when the holes of the basket are in a closed state, the basket becomes a non-clinic type basket. The opening and closing of the hole may be performed, for example, by a plug, which is closed when the plug plugs the hole, and open when the plug is pulled out of the hole. For example, a flap may be rotatably disposed on the aperture, and the aperture may be opened and closed by the rotatably disposed flap.

In a third mode, the drop-in area and the outpatient-type baskets are provided with hall sensors and hall elements, respectively, so that when the outpatient-type baskets are dropped into the drop-in area, the hall sensors of the drop-in area can detect the hall elements of the baskets, thereby generating a signal as an instruction for setting the priority of the drop-in area.

Referring to fig. 16, a testing method of an embodiment, step 1000, determining a priority of a sample to be tested, includes step 400: the priority of the put zone is determined to determine the priority of the samples of the put zone. Step 2000, controlling each sample to perform testing according to the priority of each sample, including step 800: and controlling the samples of the placement areas to test according to the priority of the placement areas, wherein the samples of the placement areas with the outpatient priority are tested in priority over the samples of the placement areas with the non-outpatient priority.

In one embodiment, the input area is used for carrying a plurality of carrying parts, each carrying a plurality of samples, or the input area is used for carrying a basket which can be put in and taken out, the basket carries a plurality of carrying parts, and each carrying part carries a plurality of samples. The step 800 of controlling the samples of the input areas to be tested according to the priorities of the input areas may include: in the outpatient service priority placement area, the bearing parts carried by the outpatient service priority placement area are controlled and dispatched to a buffer area, the priorities of the bearing parts are determined, and the bearing parts are controlled to be dispatched to the sample sucking positions from the buffer area in sequence according to the priorities of the bearing parts. Step 800 determines priorities of the bearers, including: acquiring identification information of the bearing parts to determine the types of the bearing parts; the priorities of the bearers are determined according to the types of the bearers. The method for determining the priority of the bearer in step 800 may also consider embodiment 2, and is not described herein again.

There are many ways in which step 400 determines the priority of the drop zone, and several are tried below.

For example, the priority of each put area is already set in advance. Step 400 of one embodiment therefore determines the priority of the drop zone, including: and determining the priority of the putting area according to the preset priority of the putting area. For example, the priority of some of the drop zones is preset as an outpatient priority, and the priority of other drop zones is preset as a non-outpatient priority.

For example, the priority of each put zone may be set according to the instruction. Thus, referring to FIG. 17, step 400 of one embodiment for determining the priority of a drop zone may include steps 410 and 420. Step 410: an instruction to set a priority of a drop zone is received. Step 420: and determining the priority of the input area according to the instruction.

Specifically, the step 410 of receiving the instruction for setting the priority of the drop-in area may allow the user to input the instruction through a human-computer interface or a display interface, so that the step 410 may display a schematic diagram of each drop-in area to assist the user in inputting the instruction for setting the priority of each drop-in area, for example, the step 410 of receiving the instruction for setting the priority of the drop-in area includes: a schematic of each drop-in area is displayed to assist a user in entering instructions for priority setting of each drop-in area.

The instruction for setting the priority of the drop zone received in step 410 may also be generated by triggering through an entity key, that is, the user may set the priority of the drop zone through the entity key. For example, each placing area can be correspondingly provided with a mechanical piece for the user to operate, and the mechanical piece can be a button, a knob or a toggle switch and other physical keys. When the mechanical piece is operated by a user, a signal is generated and is used as an instruction of the priority setting of the placing area corresponding to the mechanical piece. In one embodiment, the mechanical element generates only one type of signal when operated by the user, and the determining 420 of the priority of the drop zone according to the received command may include: when a signal generated when the mechanical piece is operated by a user is received, the priority of the placing area corresponding to the mechanical piece is determined to be the outpatient service priority. In one embodiment, the default priority for binning is a non-outpatient priority. In one embodiment, the mechanical element may generate two types of signals when operated differently by the user, including a first type of signal and a second type of signal, and the determining 420 of the priority of the drop zone according to the received command may include: and when the signals of the second type are received, determining that the priority of the placing area corresponding to the mechanical piece is the outpatient priority.

The instruction received at step 410 to prioritize the drop-in area may also be triggered by the placement of a particular type of basket into the drop-in area. The putting-in area is used for bearing a basket which can be put in and taken out, and the basket is used for bearing a plurality of samples; the basket comprises at least an outpatient type basket. The outpatient type basket being dropped into the drop zone generates a signal as an instruction for the prioritization of the drop zone, and thus determining the priority of the drop zone according to the received instruction at step 420 may include: when a signal generated when the basket of the outpatient type is put into the putting-in area is received, the priority of the putting-in area of the basket of the putting-in outpatient type is determined as the outpatient priority. In one embodiment, the default priority for binning is a non-outpatient priority.

Reference is made herein to various exemplary embodiments. However, those skilled in the art will recognize that changes and modifications may be made to the exemplary embodiments without departing from the scope hereof. For example, the various operational steps, as well as the components used to perform the operational steps, may be implemented in differing ways depending upon the particular application or consideration of any number of cost functions associated with operation of the system (e.g., one or more steps may be deleted, modified or incorporated into other steps).

In the above embodiments, the implementation may be wholly or partially realized by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. Additionally, as will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, the principles herein may be reflected in a computer program product on a computer readable storage medium, which is pre-loaded with computer readable program code. Any tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be used, including magnetic storage devices (hard disks, floppy disks, etc.), optical storage devices (CD-ROMs, DVDs, Blu Ray disks, etc.), flash memory, and/or the like. These computer program instructions may be loaded onto a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus create means for implementing the functions specified. These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including means for implementing the function specified. The computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified.

While the principles herein have been illustrated in various embodiments, many modifications of structure, arrangement, proportions, elements, materials, and components particularly adapted to specific environments and operative requirements may be employed without departing from the principles and scope of the present disclosure. The above modifications and other changes or modifications are intended to be included within the scope of this document.

The foregoing detailed description has been described with reference to various embodiments. However, one skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the disclosure is to be considered in an illustrative and not a restrictive sense, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope thereof. Also, advantages, other advantages, and solutions to problems have been described above with regard to various embodiments. However, the benefits, advantages, solutions to problems, and any element(s) that may cause any element(s) to occur or become more pronounced are not to be construed as a critical, required, or essential feature or element of any or all the claims. As used herein, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, system, article, or apparatus. Furthermore, the term "coupled," and any other variation thereof, as used herein, refers to a physical connection, an electrical connection, a magnetic connection, an optical connection, a communicative connection, a functional connection, and/or any other connection.

Those skilled in the art will recognize that many changes may be made to the details of the above-described embodiments without departing from the underlying principles of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be determined only by the following claims.

Claims

A method of testing a sample, comprising:

determining the priority of a sample to be tested, wherein the priority at least comprises an outpatient service priority and a non-outpatient service priority, and the outpatient service priority is higher than the non-outpatient service priority, wherein the non-outpatient service priority comprises a ward priority and/or a physical examination priority;

and controlling each sample to carry out testing according to the priority of each sample.
The test method of claim 1, wherein the ward priority is higher than the physical examination priority.
The testing method of claim 1 or 2, wherein said determining a priority of the samples to be tested comprises:

receiving an instruction of priority setting of a sample by a user;

determining a priority of the sample according to the instruction.
The testing method of claim 3, wherein the determining a priority of the samples to be tested, further comprises:

acquiring identification information of a sample container for containing a sample to determine the type/department information of the sample;

the type/department information of the sample is displayed to assist the user in inputting an instruction for priority setting of the sample according to the type/department information of the sample.
The testing method of claim 1 or 2, wherein said determining a priority of the samples to be tested comprises:

acquiring identification information of a container containing a sample to determine the type/department information of the sample;

the priority of the samples is determined according to the type/department information of the samples.
The testing method of claim 5, wherein said determining a priority of the sample based on the type/department information of the sample comprises: when the type/department information of the sample is the outpatient type/outpatient department, determining the priority of the sample as the outpatient priority; and/or when the type/department information of the sample is non-outpatient type/non-outpatient department, determining the priority of the sample as non-outpatient priority.
The testing method of claim 6, wherein when the type/department information of the sample is non-outpatient type/non-outpatient department, determining the priority of the sample as non-outpatient priority comprises: when the type/department information of the sample is ward type/ward department, determining the priority of the sample as the ward priority; when the type/department information of the sample is the physical examination type/physical examination department, the priority of the sample is determined as the physical examination priority.
The method of any one of claims 3 to 7, wherein the sample to be tested is contained in a sample container, a plurality of sample containers being carried on a carrier member; the controlling each sample to test according to the priority of each sample comprises: controlling all samples on the bearing part to be tested according to the highest priority of the samples; or controlling each sample on the bearing part, and testing according to the priority of each sample.
The test method of claim 1 or 2, wherein:

the determining the priority of the samples to be tested comprises the following steps: determining a priority of a carrier to determine a priority of a sample on the carrier;

the controlling each sample to test according to the priority of each sample comprises: and controlling the bearing parts to be sequentially scheduled to the sample sucking positions according to the priorities of the bearing parts.
The method of testing of claim 9, wherein the determining a priority of a bearer comprises:

receiving an instruction of priority setting of a user on a bearing part;

the priority of the bearer is determined according to the instruction.
The test method of claim 10, wherein the determining a priority of a bearer further comprises:

acquiring identification information of a bearing part to determine the type of the bearing part; wherein the types of the bearing component at least comprise an outpatient type and a non-outpatient type;

the type of the carrier is displayed to assist a user in inputting an instruction for priority setting of the carrier according to the type of the carrier.
The method of testing of claim 9, wherein the determining a priority of a bearer comprises:

acquiring identification information of the bearing part to determine the type of the bearing part;

the priority of the bearer is determined according to the type of the bearer.
The test method of claim 12, wherein the types of the carrier member include at least an outpatient type and a non-outpatient type; the determining the priority of the bearer according to the type of the bearer includes: when the type of the bearing part is the outpatient service type, determining the priority of the bearing part as the outpatient service priority; and/or when the type of the bearing part is a non-clinic type, determining the priority of the bearing part as a non-clinic priority.
The test method of claim 13, wherein the non-outpatient type of the carrier comprises a ward type and/or a physical examination type; when the type of the bearing part is the ward type, determining the priority of the bearing part as the ward priority; and when the type of the bearing part is the physical examination type, determining the priority of the bearing part as the physical examination priority.
The test method of claim 9, wherein the carrier members comprise an outpatient type carrier member and a non-outpatient type carrier member, the outpatient type carrier member having a different appearance than the non-outpatient type carrier member.
The test method of claim 15, wherein the outpatient-type carrier member has a different color appearance than a non-outpatient-type carrier member.
The test method of claim 1 or 2, wherein:

the determining the priority of the samples to be tested comprises the following steps: determining the priority of the putting area so as to determine the priority of the sample of the putting area;

the controlling each sample to test according to the priority of each sample comprises: and controlling the samples of the placement areas to test according to the priority of the placement areas, wherein the samples of the placement areas with the outpatient priority are tested in priority over the samples of the placement areas with the non-outpatient priority.
The test method of claim 17, wherein the determining the priority of the drop zone comprises: and determining the priority of the putting area according to the preset priority of the putting area.
The test method of claim 17, wherein the determining the priority of the drop zone comprises:

receiving an instruction for setting the priority of the put-in area;

and determining the priority of the input area according to the instruction.
The test method of claim 19, wherein the receiving an instruction to prioritize the drop zone comprises: a schematic of each drop-in area is displayed to assist a user in entering instructions for priority setting of each drop-in area.
The test method according to claim 19, wherein each of the input areas is provided with a mechanical member for user operation; when the mechanical piece is operated by a user, a signal is generated and is used as an instruction of the priority setting of the placing area corresponding to the mechanical piece.
The test method of claim 21, wherein the mechanical member produces only one type of signal when operated by a user;

the determining the priority of the put-in area according to the instruction comprises: and when a signal generated when the mechanical piece is operated by a user is received, determining the priority of the placing area corresponding to the mechanical piece as the outpatient service priority.
The test method of claim 21, wherein the mechanical member is operable differently by a user to generate two types of signals, including a first type of signal and a second type of signal;

the determining the priority of the put-in area according to the instruction comprises: and when the signals of the second type are received, determining that the priority of the placing area corresponding to the mechanical piece is the outpatient priority.
The test method of claim 21, wherein the mechanical element is a button, a knob, or a toggle switch.
The test method of claim 19, wherein the staging area is configured to carry a staging and retrieval basket configured to carry a plurality of samples; the baskets at least comprise outpatient-type baskets, and when the outpatient-type baskets are placed into the placing area, a signal is generated to serve as an instruction for setting the priority of the placing area;

the determining the priority of the put-in area according to the instruction comprises: when a signal generated when the basket of the outpatient type is put into the putting-in area is received, the priority of the putting-in area of the basket of the putting-in outpatient type is determined as the outpatient priority.
The test method of claim 22 or 25, wherein the default priority of the staging area is a non-outpatient priority.
The test method of claim 17, wherein the input area is configured to carry a plurality of carriers, each carrier carrying a plurality of samples;

the step of controlling the samples of the putting areas to be tested according to the priority of the putting areas comprises the following steps: in the outpatient service priority placement area, the bearing parts carried by the outpatient service priority placement area are controlled and dispatched to a buffer area, the priorities of the bearing parts are determined, and the bearing parts are controlled to be dispatched to the sample sucking positions from the buffer area in sequence according to the priorities of the bearing parts.
The method of testing of claim 27, wherein said determining the priority of the bearers comprises: acquiring identification information of the bearing parts to determine the types of the bearing parts; the priorities of the bearers are determined according to the types of the bearers.
A sample analysis apparatus, comprising:

the measuring component is used for detecting the sample to obtain a sample detection result;

the sample part is used for bearing a sample to be tested, sucking the sample and then providing the sample to the measuring part;

a reagent unit for carrying a reagent and sucking the reagent and supplying the reagent to the measurement unit;

a controller for controlling the sample part, the reagent part and the assay part to perform a test of the sample; the controller is used for determining the priority of the samples to be tested, the priority at least comprises an outpatient service priority and a non-outpatient service priority, the outpatient service priority is higher than the non-outpatient service priority, and the non-outpatient service priority comprises a ward priority and/or a physical examination priority; and controlling each sample to carry out testing according to the priority of each sample.
The sample analysis device of claim 29, wherein the ward priority is higher than the physical examination priority.
The sample analysis device of claim 29 or 30, wherein the controller determines a priority of the samples to be tested, comprising: receiving an instruction of priority setting of a sample by a user; determining a priority of the sample according to the instruction.
The sample analysis device of claim 31, further comprising a display component; the controller determines a priority of the samples to be tested, further comprising: acquiring identification information of a sample container for containing a sample to determine the type/department information of the sample; the control display part displays the type/department information of the sample to assist the user to input an instruction for priority setting of the sample according to the type/department information of the sample.
The sample analysis device of claim 29 or 30, wherein the controller determines a priority of the samples to be tested, further comprising: acquiring identification information of a sample container for containing a sample to determine the type/department information of the sample; the priority of the samples is determined according to the type/department information of the samples.
The sample analysis device of claim 33, wherein the controller determines the priority of the sample based on the type/department information of the sample, comprising: when the type/department information of the sample is the outpatient type/outpatient department, determining the priority of the sample as the outpatient priority; and/or when the type/department information of the sample is non-outpatient type/non-outpatient department, determining the priority of the sample as non-outpatient priority.
The sample analysis device of claim 34, wherein the controller determines the priority of the sample as a non-outpatient priority when the type/department information of the sample is a non-outpatient type/non-outpatient department, comprising: when the type/department information of the sample is ward type/ward department, determining the priority of the sample as the ward priority; when the type/department information of the sample is the physical examination type/physical examination department, the priority of the sample is determined as the physical examination priority.
The sample analysis device of any of claims 31 to 35, wherein the sample member carries a carrier member, the carrier member carrying a plurality of sample containers, the sample containers containing a sample; the controller controls each sample to be tested according to the priority of each sample, and the method comprises the following steps: all samples on the bearing part are controlled to be tested according to the highest priority of the samples, or all samples on the bearing part are controlled to be tested according to the priority of all samples.
The sample analysis device of claim 29 or 30, wherein the sample part carries a carrier part, the carrier part carrying a plurality of samples; the controller determines a priority of the samples to be tested, including: determining a priority of a carrier to determine a priority of a sample on the carrier; the controlling each sample to test according to the priority of each sample comprises: and controlling the sample part to sequentially dispatch each bearing part to the sample sucking position according to the priority of each bearing part.
The sample analysis device of claim 37, wherein the controller determines a priority of the carrier, comprising: receiving an instruction of priority setting of a user on a bearing part; the priority of the bearer is determined according to the instruction.
The sample analysis device of claim 38, further comprising a display component; the controller determines a priority of the bearer, further comprising: acquiring identification information of a bearing part to determine the type of the bearing part, wherein the type of the bearing part at least comprises an outpatient type and a non-outpatient type; the control display part displays the type of the bearing part to assist a user to input an instruction for priority setting of the bearing part according to the type of the bearing part.
The sample analysis device of claim 37, wherein the controller determines a priority of the carrier, comprising: acquiring identification information of the bearing part to determine the type of the bearing part; the priority of the bearer is determined according to the type of the bearer.
The sample analysis device of claim 40, wherein the types of the carrier member comprise at least an outpatient type and a non-outpatient type; the controller determines the priority of the bearer according to the type of the bearer, including: when the type of the bearing part is the outpatient service type, determining the priority of the bearing part as the outpatient service priority; and/or when the type of the bearing part is a non-clinic type, determining the priority of the bearing part as a non-clinic priority.
The sample analysis device of claim 41, wherein the non-outpatient type of the carrier comprises a ward type and/or a physical examination type; when the type of the bearing part is the ward type, the controller determines that the priority of the bearing part is the ward priority; and when the type of the bearing part is the physical examination type, determining the priority of the bearing part as the physical examination priority.
The sample analysis device of claim 37, wherein the carrier member comprises an outpatient type carrier member and a non-outpatient type carrier member, the outpatient type carrier member having a different appearance than the non-outpatient type carrier member.
The sample analysis device of claim 43, wherein the outpatient-type carrier member has a different color appearance than a non-outpatient-type carrier member.
The sample analyzing apparatus according to claim 29 or 30, wherein the sample member comprises a plurality of input areas; the controller determines a priority of the samples to be tested, including: determining the priority of the putting area so as to determine the priority of the sample of the putting area; the controller controls each sample to be tested according to the priority of each sample, and the method comprises the following steps: and controlling the samples of the placement areas to test according to the priority of the placement areas, wherein the samples of the placement areas with the outpatient priority are tested in priority over the samples of the placement areas with the non-outpatient priority.
The sample analysis device of claim 45, wherein the controller determines the priority of the drop zone, comprising: and determining the priority of the putting area according to the preset priority of the putting area.
The sample analysis device of claim 45, wherein the controller determines the priority of the drop zone, comprising: receiving an instruction for setting the priority of the put-in area; and determining the priority of the input area according to the instruction.
The sample analysis device of claim 47, further comprising a display component; the controller receives an instruction for setting the priority of the put-in area, including: the control display part displays a schematic diagram of each drop-in area to assist a user in inputting an instruction for priority setting of each drop-in area.
The sample analysis device of claim 47, wherein each input area is provided with a mechanical member for user operation; when the mechanical piece is operated by a user, a signal is generated and is used as an instruction of the priority setting of the placing area corresponding to the mechanical piece.
The sample analysis device of claim 49, wherein the mechanical element, when operated by a user, generates only one type of signal; the controller determining the priority of the placement area according to the instruction comprises: and when a signal generated when the mechanical piece is operated by a user is received, determining the priority of the placing area corresponding to the mechanical piece as the outpatient service priority.
The sample analysis device of claim 49, wherein the mechanical element is configured to generate two types of signals when manipulated differently by a user, including a first type of signal and a second type of signal; the controller determining the priority of the placement area according to the instruction comprises: and when the signals of the second type are received, determining that the priority of the placing area corresponding to the mechanical piece is the outpatient priority.
The sample analysis device of claim 49, wherein the mechanical element is a button, a knob, or a toggle switch.
The sample analysis device of claim 47, wherein the input area is configured to carry an insertable and removable basket configured to carry a plurality of samples; the baskets at least comprise outpatient-type baskets, and when the outpatient-type baskets are placed into the placing area, a signal is generated to serve as an instruction for setting the priority of the placing area; the controller determining the priority of the placement area according to the instruction comprises: when a signal generated when the basket of the outpatient type is put into the putting-in area is received, the priority of the putting-in area of the basket of the putting-in outpatient type is determined as the outpatient priority.
The sample analysis device according to claim 53, wherein said drop-in zone and said outpatient-type basket are provided with a correlation sensor and a stop, respectively, such that said correlation sensor can detect said stop when said outpatient-type basket is dropped into the drop-in zone, thereby generating a signal as an instruction for the priority setting of said drop-in zone.
The sample analysis device of claim 54, wherein the stop is provided on the basket in an extendable and retractable manner, and wherein the basket is an outpatient type basket when the stop of the basket is extended; when the stop of the basket is in the retracted state, the basket becomes a non-outpatient type basket.
The sample analysis device of claim 53, wherein the drop-in zone and the outpatient-type basket are provided with a reflective sensor and an aperture, respectively, such that when the outpatient-type basket is dropped into the drop-in zone, the reflective sensor can detect the aperture, thereby generating a signal as an instruction for the prioritization of the drop-in zone.
The sample analysis device of claim 56, wherein the aperture is openably and closably disposed in the basket, and wherein the basket is an outpatient type basket when the aperture of the basket is open; when the holes of the basket are in a closed state, the basket becomes a non-clinic type basket.
The sample analyzing apparatus of claim 56, wherein the drop-in zone and the outpatient-type basket are provided with Hall sensors and Hall elements, respectively, such that when the outpatient-type basket is dropped into the drop-in zone, the Hall sensors can detect the Hall elements, thereby generating a signal as the instruction for the prioritization of the drop-in zone.
The sample analysis device of claim 50 or 53, wherein the binned region default priority is a non-outpatient priority.
The sample analysis device of claim 45, wherein the input area is configured to carry a plurality of carriers, each carrier carrying a plurality of samples; the controller controls the samples in each putting area to be tested according to the priority of each putting area, and the method comprises the following steps: and controlling the sample part to dispatch the bearing parts in the outpatient service priority placing area to a buffer area, determining the priority of the bearing parts, and controlling the sample part to dispatch the bearing parts from the buffer area to the sample sucking position in sequence according to the priority of the bearing parts.
The sample analysis device of claim 60, wherein the controller determines the priority of the load bearing members, comprising: acquiring identification information of the bearing parts to determine the types of the bearing parts; the priorities of the bearers are determined according to the types of the bearers.
A computer-readable storage medium, comprising a program executable by a processor to implement the method of any one of claims 1-28.