Method of management of analytical data and system for management of analytical data

An analysis information management method using a service center connected through communication lines to a plurality of automatic analyzing apparatuses used in a plurality of facilities, said service center having a database for storing analysis parameters related to a plurality of reagents for use in the plurality of automatic analyzing apparatuses used in the plurality of facilities, the method comprising the steps of:

• creating, by said service center responsive to a request from one of said automatic analyzing apparatuses, a list of reagents available in said one automatic analyzing apparatus from information on reagents stored in said database, and supplying said one automatic analyzing apparatus with the list through a communication line;
• transferring, by said service center responsive to a selection of an associated reagent from said list, made by a user of said one automatic analyzing apparatus, analysis parameters, according to which a test is to be carried out on a testing item to be analyzed using the selected reagent, to said one automatic analyzing apparatus through said communication line;
• wherein said service center classifies and stores information, including results of calibrations measured by said automatic analyzing apparatuses, results of analyses on control samples, reagents used in analyses, and analysis parameters, for tests carried out in each facility or for each automatic analyzing apparatus, wherein the results of analyses on said control samples are derived from analyses of said control samples using the same reagents in all automatic analyzing apparatuses in all facilities administered by said service center;
• calculating, by said service center based on the stored information on the results of analyses for each facility or for each automatic analyzing apparatus, a statistical standard value defined for said results of analyses on said control samples using the same reagents in all automatic analyzing apparatuses in all facilities administered by said service center;
• adding said selected reagent to a control sample in said one automatic analyzing apparatus;
• analyzing a control sample by said one automatic analyzing apparatus;
• calculating, by said service center, a statistical deviation for the result of analysis from said standard value for evaluation;
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• determining, based on the calculated statistical deviation, whether the analysis parameters used in the analysis are correct.