Fall Semester 2024 - Credit Courses

Phlebotomy Clinical Training

Prerequisite(s): a grade of "B" or better in AHMA 220 within past three semesters and advising signature to register. This course includes 100 hours of clinical practice in specimen collection on adults and children 12 years and older. Emphasis is placed on technique, infection control and prevention, proper patient identification, labeling of specimens, quality assurance, specimen handling, processing, and accessioning. The course is designed to allow students to develop the skills, knowledge, and attitude required to function in a professional manner in the health care setting. Students must perform a minimum of 100 successful unaided venipunctures and eight successful skin punctures. Students who successfully complete AHMA 220 and AHMA 221 will be eligible to sit for national certification examinations.