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PHLEBOTOMY TECHNICIAN I COURSE
<br />The Phlebotomy Technician I course is designed to provide the student with the skills and
<br />knowledge necessary to work in a clinical laboratory, hospital, clinic, or physician's office setting.
<br />Twenty hours of lecture will cover basic phlebotomy skills in the areas of infection control, universal
<br />precautions and safety, anatomy and physiology of body systems emphasizing the circulatory
<br />system, and appropriate medical terminology, proper identification of the patient and specimens,
<br />importance of overall patient care, selection and preparation of the skin puncture site, blood
<br />collection equipment, types of tubes and additives, order of the draw, post -puncture care and
<br />appropriate sharps, needle, and waste disposal. An additional twenty hours of lecture is provided
<br />in advanced infectious disease control and biohazards, anticoagulation theory, knowledge of pre -
<br />analytical sources of error in specimen collection, transport, processing, and storage, and
<br />anatomical site selection and patient preparation, risk factors and appropriate response to
<br />complications, recognition of and corrective action to take with problems in test requisitions,
<br />specimen transport and processing, applications of basic concepts of communication, interpersonal
<br />relations, stress management, professional behavior, ethics, legal implications pertaining to
<br />phlebotomy, and quality assurance. The student will then perform a mandatory externship of forty
<br />hours of practical instruction and experience in phlebotomy. The student will be required to perform
<br />and document a minimum of 50 successful venipunctures and 10 successful skin punctures while
<br />in the clinical setting. The student will be required to pass a written examination in phlebotomy
<br />administered by a certifying agency approved by the California Department of Health, Laboratory
<br />Field Services Branch.
<br />Upon successful completion of the course, and successful completion of the written examination by
<br />a certified agency approved by the California Department of Health, Laboratory Field Services
<br />administered and paid for one time by the school, the student will receive a certification of
<br />completion as a Phlebotomy Technician I and have their application submitted and paid for by the
<br />school directly to the California Department of Health, Laboratory Field Services for certification as
<br />a Certified Phlebotomy Technician I. The student will be required to have their official high schools
<br />transcripts sent directly to the California Department of Health, Laboratory Field Services. If the
<br />student fails the written examination by a certified agency, the student may retake the test a total of
<br />three times at a cost of $90 to be paid for by the student for each subsequent exam.
<br />PHLEBOTOMY TECHNICIAN I
<br />Hours
<br />Phlebotomy Practice and Healthcare settings, Proper Identification and Preparation
<br />of Site, Post Puncture Care, Disposal of Sharps, Needles, Biohazardous Waste,
<br />Instructions to Client, Infection Control
<br />Basic Anatomy and Physiology of Organ Systems
<br />Basic Anatomy and Physiology of Organ Systems: Circulatory System (Continued) &
<br />Phlebotomy Equipment
<br />Phlebotomy Technique
<br />Phlebotomy Technique (Continued) & Challenge of Phlebotomy Lecture,
<br />Basic Final Exam & Venipuncture Lab
<br />Caring for the Pediatric Patient
<br />Sample Considerations and Special Procedures
<br />Sample Preparation and Handling & Customer Service
<br />Compliance, Legal, and Ethical Issues & Competency Lecture 8
<br />Practical Assessment & Final Exam 6
<br />Externship-Mandatory 40
<br />Total Hours 118
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