20110244476 | METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF QUALITY OF BLOOD SAMPLE - A method for evaluating the quality of a blood sample, comprising the steps of: mixing labeled anti-cortisol antibodies with a blood sample to be subjected, to conduct the antigen-antibody reaction of the labeled anti-cortisol antibody with cortisol contained in the blood sample, developing a mixture obtained in the above step on an immunochromatographic test strip having a substrate on which cortisol is immobilized to cause the antigen-antibody reaction of the labeled anti-cortisol antibodies which are free in the mixture with the cortisol immobilized on the substrate, thereby bonding the antibody to the cortisol, determining the amount of the labeled anti-cortisol antibodies bonded to the cortisol in the above step, and evaluating whether or not the blood sample has a quality suitable for suprarenal vein sampling test on the basis of the amount of the labeled anti-cortisol antibodies determined in the above step. | 10-06-2011 |