BLOOD ANALYZER AND BLOOD ANALYZING METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform blood cell counting and immunoassay on a whole blood specimen in one measurement section. SOLUTION: An assay sample is prepared by blending carrier particles sensitized with an antibody or an antigen against a substance to be immunoassayed and a fluorescent dye for staining blood cells with the whole blood specimen. Optical information is detected from a particle in the assay sample, and the blood cells are differentiated and counted based on the detected optical information. The rate of agglutination of the carrier particles is obtained based on the detected optical information, thereby enabling detection of the substance to be immunoassayed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO