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Phlebotomist Technician Course Description

This course is designed for health care students and practitioners, who are responsible for blood and specimen collections (i.e., nurses, phlebotomists, clinical laboratory technicians and technologists, respiratory therapists and others. The primary goal of the course is to link the phlebotomist (blood collector) to the latest information, techniques, skills, and equipment for the provision of safe and effective collection procedures, for the improvement of diagnostic and therapeutic laboratory testing, for enhancement of customer satisfaction, and ultimately, for the promotion of better health outcomes. This course provides a wide range of competencies, including communication, clinical, technical, and safety skills that any health care worker will use in the practice of phlebotomy and other specimen collection procedures.

Phlebotomist Technician Course: This course will provide students with the necessary knowledge required tp pass a national Certification Exam. There are five modules to complete before clinical rotations can commence. Clinical rotations will consist of 30 hours in a healthcare setting that collects blood from patients.

 

 

 

Objectives

Upon completion of the Phlebotomist Technician Course, the student will be able to:

• Describe various health care settings; both inpatient and ambulatory, where phlebotomy services are routinely performed.
• Understand the importance of phlebotomy procedures to the overall care of the patient.
• Describe the directional terms, anatomic surface regions, and cavities of the body.
• Describe the phases and role of homeostasis in the normal body functioning.
• Describe the purpose, function, and structural components of the 11 body systems.
• Locate and name the veins most commonly used fro phlebotomy procedures.
• Identify the basic programs for infection control.
• Describe the safe use of equipment in health care facilities.
• Describe the essential elements of requisition, report forms and commonly methods to transport specimens.
• Identify the types of equipment needed to collect blood by Venipuncture.
• Demonstrate the various Venipuncture procedures.
• Pass a National Certification Exam.

Course Outline

I. Phlebotomy Practice and Health Care Settings

1. Basic Anatomy and Physiology of Organ Systems
2. The Circulatory System

1. Safety Procedures
1. Infection Control
2. Safety and First Aid
3. Specimen Documentation and Transportation
2. Equipment and Procedures
1. Blood Collection Equipment
2. Venipuncture Procedures
3. Complications in Blood Collection
3. Special Procedures and Point-of-Care Testing
1. Pediatric Procedures
2. Arterial, Intravenous (IV), and Special Collection Procedures
3. Elderly, Home, and Long-term Care Collections
4. Specimen Collection for Forensic Toxicology, Workplace

Testing, Sports Medicine, and Related Areas

4. Quality Management and Legal Issues
1. Quality, Competency, and Performance Assessment
2. Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues
5. Clinical Rotation
1. Hospital
2. Other

 

Phlebotomist Technician Equipment

Full line of BD Vacutainer Blood Collection tubes
Blood collection safety products
Fingerstick/healstick equipment and supplies
Cleaning swabs/solutions and ancillary products
PKU supplies
Bleeding time equipment and supplies
Blood bags w/needles
Donor record forms
Blood pressure equipment
Stop watches

 

 

Phlebotomy Technician Textbook

Title: Phlebotomy Handbook

Authors:
Diana Garza | Kathleen Becan-McBride

6^th Edition 2002, Prentice Hall

Copyright 2002 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458

ISBN 0-13-092887-9

Reference Materials

 

Prentice Hall’s Q&A Review for Phlebotomy, sixth edition

 

Simulated Board Examination CD-ROM with 100 multiple-choice questions

A Listing of Teaching Aids, Materials and Supplies Used 

Instructors Guide

Same authors as above

 

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