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The Certified Phlebotomy Technician I course is designed to provide the student with the skills and knowledge necessary to work in a clinical laboratory, hospital, clinic, or physician's office setting. Twenty hours of lecture will cover basic phlebotomy skills in the areas of infection control, universal precautions and safety, anatomy and physiology of body systems emphasizing the circulatory system, and appropriate medical terminology, proper identification of the patient and specimens, importance of overall patient care, selection and preparation of the skin puncture site, blood collection equipment, types of tubes and additives, order of the draw, post-puncture care and appropriate sharps, needle, and waste disposal. An additional twenty hours of lecture is provided in advanced infectious disease control and biohazards, anticoagulation theory, knowledge of pre-analytical sources of error in specimen collection, transport, processing, and storage, and anatomical site selection and patient preparation, risk factors and appropriate response to complications, recognition of and corrective action to take with problems in test requisitions, specimen transport and processing, applications of basic concepts of communication, interpersonal relations, stress management, professional behavior, ethics, legal implications pertaining to phlebotomy, and quality assurance. The student will then perform a mandatory externship of forty hours of practical instruction and experience in phlebotomy. The student will be required to perform and document a minimum of 50 successful venipunctures and 10 successful skin punctures while in the clinical setting. The student will be required to pass a written examination in phlebotomy administered by a certifying agency approved by the Department of Health Services, Laboratory Field Services Branch.
