| abstract |
Method for handling blood samples (32) wherein a blood sample is absorbed into a substrate such as filter paper (30) and a sample piece (36) is taken from the filter paper from the opposite side to the absorption side. The sample piece is placed in a vessel, e.g. a sample well of an uncoated micro titration plate (45), and is dissolved in a liquid so that a sample solution is transferred to a second vessel e.g. a micro titration plate (52-54) coated for the analysis. The apparatus comprises a camera (43), which identifies the filter paper (30), locates the blood sample (32), informs the punch (47) of the location of he sample. The filter paper (30) is placed in a package (22) having openings (25) for adsorbing and punching of the sample and the covering (23) is provided with a bar code (29). |