Measuring equipment and measuring method using cartridge container, and program recording medium

A method for measuring items of a measurement object present in a specimen using a special-purpose cartridge container and a general-purpose cartridge container, each comprising a plurality of vessels, the method comprising:

• injecting separately into the plurality of vessels of the special-purpose cartridge container an amount of a predetermined reagent required for measurement of a specific item(s) of the measurement object in advance of the measurement and sealing the plurality of the vessels with a sealing material on which an information carrier is attached, where the information carrier includes information relevant to the specific item(s) of the measurement object;
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• injecting by an operator separately into at least one empty vessel of the general-purpose cartridge container an amount of a reagent required for measurement of an item(s) of the measurement object different from that of the item to be measured in the special-purpose cartridge container, wherein the plurality of vessels of the general-purpose cartridge container do not have attached an information carrier;
• reading out from a recording medium a control program for directing measuring equipment to decide from output from a carrier identification means whether the cartridge container is the special-purpose cartridge container or the general-purpose cartridge container;
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• conducting measurements in a manner such that when the cartridge container is the special-purpose cartridge container, the measurements are conducted by reading out measurement conditions from a measurement condition storage means based on the information relevant to the items of the measurement object included in the information carrier, whereas when the cartridge container is the general-purpose cartridge container, the measurements are conducted by outputting information relevant to selectable items of the measurement object so as to allow the operator to select the different items of the measurement object and reading out measurement conditions from the measurement condition storage means for the different items of the measurement object selected and input by the operator.