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1. A sample processing system comprising:
a sample transporting device having a plurality of conveying paths and configured to transport a sample rack on which one or more sample containers are set; at least one first module arranged along a first conveying path and configured to test a sample contained in a sample container set on the sample rack conveyed by the sample transporting device and to out output a test result, wherein the sample is blood or urine; at least one second module arranged along a second conveying path and configured to process the sample, which has been tested by the at least one first module, contained in the sample container set on the sample rack conveyed by the sample transporting device, wherein the at least one second module comprises a sample preparation section configured to prepare a measurement sample from the sample contained in the sample container, a detector configured to measure the measurement sample supplied from the sample preparation section and a pneumatic pressure source configured to supply a pressure for transporting the measurement sample to the detector from the sample preparation section and is switchable between an active state and an inactive state by switching whether to supply electricity to the pneumatic pressure source; a sample storage device receiving the sample rack from the sample transporting device and storing the received sample rack; and at least one processor and at least one memory that stores programs executable collectively by the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor performs operations comprising: monitoring activities for processing of the respective at least one second module; halting a supply of electricity to the pneumatic pressure source in response to a predetermined elapsed time from a last activity of the at least one second module for processing, obtaining a determination result as to whether a sample which has been tested by the at least one first module is necessary to be processed by the at least one second module; if the sample is necessary to be processed by the at least one second module as the determination result, starting transportation of a sample container containing the sample to the at least one second module for processing, and resuming the supply of electricity to the pneumatic pressure source to make the at least one second module ready to process the sample, in response to arrival of the sample container to the second conveying path; and if the sample is not necessary to be processed by the at least one second module as the determination result, transporting the sample container containing the sample to the sample storage device through a third conveying path other than the first and second conveying paths, and keeping the halt of the supply of electricity to the pneumatic pressure source of the at least one second module. |
