Abstract: An accuracy management method for executing accuracy management by using an accuracy management substance in a measurement device that measures a biological specimen includes: reading management information regarding the accuracy management substance from an information recording medium; selecting a treatment adapted to the read management information; executing the selected treatment; and updating the management information in the information recording medium according to the executed treatment.

Abstract: A method of producing a sample collection apparatus, including steps of: attaching a holding member to a support of a nozzle unit such that, in slits provided with N edges (N?3), a collection range w of a sample tube is included within a range from a lower-limit position at a distance w/2 from a 1st edge toward an initial-position, to an upper-limit position at a distance w/2 from an Nth edge away from the initial position; loading the sample tube on the holding member; counting the number of pulses with which a pulse motor is driven to move a nozzle to the center of the collection range; identifying the signal corresponding to the last edge recognized by a photo-interrupter before the nozzle reaches the center of the collection range; and storing the number of pulses and the signal corresponding to the last edge in a storage device.