Analysis method of automatic analyzer

Abstract

An analysis method of an automatic analyzer is provided. The automatic analyzer includes: an insertion unit into which a rack is inserted; a transport line that transports the rack; a detection unit that detects a rack identifier from a rack or an attribute from a sample container which accommodates therein a sample as an object to be examined and which is mounted on a rack; an analysis module that includes a light source and a spectrometer which measures a measurement value to analyze a sample; a rack standby unit in which a rack stands by; and, a rack recovery unit that recovers a rack. In the automatic analyzer, a rack stands by in the rack standby unit until a measurement result in the analysis module is output; and is then recovered to the rack recovery unit. The analysis method includes: a step of transporting a rack from the rack insertion unit to the transport line, making the transported rack stand by until a measurement result in the analysis module is output, and then recovering the rack to the rack recovery; a step of detecting an identifier from the rack or an attribute from a sample container accommodating a sample and mounted on the rack; and a step of, when a rack transported subsequent to the rack of interest is transported from the rack insertion unit to the transport line, recovering the subsequent rack to the rack recovery unit without standing by in the rack standby unit.