Information management apparatus and sample testing apparatus that permit functions based upon operator attributes

A sample testing apparatus comprising:

• a receiving section that receives identification information of an operator that is entered by the operator, the identification information corresponding to a first attribute indicating that the operator is a person who belongs to a facility where the sample testing apparatus is installed or a second attribute indicating that the operator is a person in charge of maintenance work;
• a testing section that tests a sample to obtain a test result according to action taken by the operator;
• a non-transitory memory;
• a display section;
• and
• a controller configured to execute a computer program that enables the controller to:
• store in the memory one or more test results associated with the identification information received by the receiving section, the one or more test results being obtained by testing one or more samples by the testing section;
• when the identification information received by the receiving section corresponds to the first attribute, make the display section not display a test result associated with an identification information corresponding to the second attribute, but display a test result associated with an identification information corresponding to the first attribute based on the one or more test results stored in the memory;
• when the identification information received by the receiving section corresponds to the second attribute, make the display section display the test result associated with the identification information corresponding to the first attribute and the test result associated with the identification information corresponding to the second attribute based on the one or more test results stored in the memory, so that the test result associated with identification information corresponding to the first attribute is discriminated from the test result associated with identification information corresponding to the second attribute;
• when the identification information received by the receiving section corresponds to the second attribute, prevent the operator from modifying and the deleting the test result associated with the identification information corresponding to the first attribute, and
• when the identification information received by the receiving section corresponds to the first attribute, allow the operator to modify and delete the test result associated with the identification information corresponding to the first attribute.

A sample testing apparatus comprising:

• a receiving section that receives identification information of an operator, the identification information corresponding to a first attribute indicating that the operator is a person who belongs to a facility where the sample testing apparatus is installed or a second attribute indicating that the operator is a person in charge of a maintenance work, and the identification information being inputted by the operator;
• a testing section which tests a sample to obtain a test result;
• a non-transitory memory;
• a display section;
• and
• a controller configured to execute a computer program that enables the controller to:
• store in the memory one or more first test results obtained by testing one or more samples from one or more test subjects, each of the one or more first test results being associated with identification information corresponding to the first attribute;
• store in the memory one or more second test results obtained by testing one or more controls specimens, each of the one or more second test results being associated with identification information corresponding to the second attribute;
• when the identification information received by the receiving section corresponds to the first attribute, make the display not display the one or more second test results, but display the one or more first test results stored in the memory;
• when the identification information received by the receiving section corresponds to the second attribute, make the display section display the one or more first test results and the one or more second test results so that the one or more first test results associated with identification information corresponding to the first attribute can be discriminated from the one or more second test results associated with identification information corresponding to the second attribute;
• when the identification information received by the receiving section corresponds to the second attribute, prevent the operator from modifying and deleting the one or more first test results associated with the identification information corresponding to the first attribute, and
• when the identification information received by the receiving section corresponds to the first attribute, allow the operator to modify and delete the one or more first test results associated with the identification information corresponding to the first attribute.