FUNDAMENTALS OF PHLEBOTOMY

Catalog description

The course is designed to train individuals in the principles and methods of obtaining blood for diagnostic purposes and monitoring of prescribed treatment as well as receiving other clinical specimens for laboratory testing. The phlebotomy student will be taught to interact with clients, health care personnel, and with the general public. Laboratory presentation and practice will include equipment and additives, basic anatomy, specimen receiving and processing, and techniques for safe and effective capillary puncture and venipuncture. This course along with the Phlebotomy Clinical will prepare individuals to write the Phlebotomist Certification Examination.