METHOD FOR ASSESSING APPROPRIATENESS OF TEST SUBSTANCE CONCENTRATION IN CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT USING IMMUNOAGGLUTINATION REACTION, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS DEVICE HAVING PROCESSING UNIT FOR SAME

A method and a sample analysis apparatus having a processing part for practicing the method, the method including a step of, with respect to an immunoagglutination reaction that occurred in the reaction solution between the test substance and a binding partner thereof, determining an index value relating to a difference between a changing speed of a scattered light intensity in a first period of the reaction and a changing speed of a scattered light intensity in a second period of the reaction, based on a scattered light intensity of the reaction solution in the first period and a scattered light intensity of the reaction solution in the second period, and a step of determining whether the concentration of the test substance is within a proper range by comparing the index value and a predetermined threshold value.