Phlebotomy Technician

Catalog description

NSC 130 is a course certified by the California State Department of Health Services for a certificate as a "Phlebotomy Technician". The course includes 27 hours basic and 27 hours advanced classroom instruction. Basic instruction topics include: universal precautions, infection control, laboratory and equipment safety, circulatory system, basic anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, patient and specimen identification, selecting and preparing skin puncture sites and antiseptic, blood collection equipment, proper order of the tubes, anti coagulant, post puncture care, and medical waste and sharps. Advanced instruction topics include: advanced infection control and biohazards, preanalytical sources of error in special collection, anatomical site selection and patient preparation, risk factors and complications, anticoagulation theory, corrective actions to take with phlebotomy and specimen processing, problem solving, communications, stress, behavior, ethics, and QA in phlebotomy practice. Note this class is the first of a two-course program.