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PHLEBOTOMY TECHNICIAN I <br />In -class <br />Course Description <br />100 Clock Hours / 4.2 Credit Hours <br />This one hundred (100) clock hour, six (6) week program 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. Twenty hours <br />of lecture will cover basic phlebotomy skills In the areas of infection control, universal precautions and safety, <br />anatomy and physiology of body systems emphasizing the circulatory system, and appropriate medical <br />terminology, proper identification of the patient and specimens, selection and preparation of the skin puncture <br />site, blood 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 in advanced <br />infectious disease control and biohazards, anticoagulation theory, knowledge of pre -analytical sources of error <br />in specimen collection, transport, processing, and storage, and anatomical site selection and patient <br />preparation, risk factors and appropriate response to complications, recognition of and corrective action to take <br />with problems in test requisitions, specimen transport and processing, applications of basic concepts of <br />communication, interpersonal relations, stress management, professional behavior, ethics, legal implications <br />pertaining to phlebotomy, and quality assurance. The student will have an additional 20 hours of lab time to <br />learn, practice, and become efficient at skin punctures and venipunctures. The student will then perform a <br />mandatory externship of forty hours of practical instruction and experience in phlebotomy. The student will be <br />required to perform and document a minimum of 50 successful venipunctures and 10 skin punctures while in <br />the clinical setting. The student will be required to pass a national certification exam administered by a certifying <br />agency approved by the California Department of Public Health, Laboratory Field Services division. <br />Upon successful completion of the course and passing the national certification exam administered by the <br />school, the student will receive a certificate of completion as a Phlebotomy Technician I and have their <br />application submitted on line directly to the CDPH Laboratory Field Services division for certification as a <br />Certified Phlebotomy Technician I. <br />Course <br />Course Name <br />Clock <br />Units <br />Lecture <br />Lab <br />Extern <br />Hours <br />BPT 1 <br />Safety, Universal Precautions & Infection Control <br />3 <br />0.2 <br />3 <br />BPT 2 <br />Anatomy & Medical Terminology <br />5 <br />0.33 <br />5 <br />BPT 3 <br />Proper Identification of Patient & Specimens <br />2 <br />0.13 <br />2 <br />BPT 4 <br />Selection & Preparation of Skin Puncture Site <br />3 <br />0.2 <br />3 <br />BPT 5 <br />Blood Collection Equipment <br />5 <br />0.33 <br />1 5 <br />BPT 6 <br />Post -puncture Care & Proper Disposal of Sharps <br />2 <br />0.13 <br />2 <br />& Waste <br />APT 1 <br />Advanced Infectious Disease Control <br />2 <br />0.13 <br />2 <br />APT 2 <br />Anticoagulation Theory <br />2 <br />0.13 <br />2 <br />APT 3 <br />Pre -analytical Sources of Error in Specimen <br />4 <br />0.27 <br />4 <br />Collection, Trans art, Processinq & Storage <br />APT 4 <br />Anatomical Site Selection & Patient Preparation <br />2 <br />0.13 <br />2 <br />APT 6 <br />Risk Factors, Complications, & Response to <br />2 <br />0.13 <br />2 <br />Complications <br />APT 6 <br />Test Requisition, Specimen Transport & <br />2 <br />0.13 <br />2 <br />Processing, Problems & Correction <br />APT 7 <br />Communication Skills & Professional Behavior <br />2 <br />0.13 <br />2 <br />APT 8 <br />Ethical & Legal Implications <br />2 <br />0.13 <br />2 <br />APT 9 <br />Quality Assurance <br />2 <br />0.13 <br />2 <br />PT LAB <br />Skin Puncture & Veni uncture Lab <br />20 <br />0.67 <br />20 <br />PT EXT <br />tory <br />40 <br />0.9 <br />40 <br />TOTAL <br />100 <br />4.2 <br />40 <br />20 <br />40 <br />28 <br />