PHLEBOTOMY

Catalog description

This course provides an introduction to Allied Health principles and covers the phlebotomist’s role and responsibilities, laws, ethics and patient rights, laboratory standards, introduction to computers, patient/staff communication, aseptic concepts and infection control, HIV/A IDS core training, CPR and first aid for healthcare providers, anatomy and physiology of the circulatory system, basic equipment operation, and clinical techniques. 188 Laboratory sessions are focused on student’s learning the effective techniques of blood draws through repetition.