PHLEBOTOMY PRINCIPLES

Catalog description

Develops skills in various blood collection techniques while adhering to proper procedures and standard precautions. Covers vacuum collection devices, syringes, capillary skin punctures, butterfly needles, and blood culture collection for adults, children, and infants. Emphasizes infection prevention, patient identification, specimen labeling, quality assurance, specimen handling and processing, accessioning, professionalism, ethics, and medical terminology.