Offered byCentral Carolina Community College

Continuing Education Chatham County (Pittsboro)

PHLEBOTOMY TECHNICIAN

www.cccc.edu

Chatham Main Campus764 West Street

Pittsboro, NC 27312

For more information on the Phlebotomy Technician Training Program, contact:(919) 545-8682 or (919) 545-8042

Program Completion Requirements

Students need to: •Maintainacourseaverageof 80% orabove. •Attendatleast80%ofthe scheduled lecture/lab hours •Successfullycomplete100hours of externship experience •Performminimumof100 venipuncturesand5fingersticks •Studentswillbeparticipating invenipuncturestickswith other students in the classroom/labsetting.

Program LengthThe total hours of the program is 200contacthours.

Includes:

•92hoursofclassroom/Lab

•100hoursofclinicialexternship

•8hoursCPR

Program Cost:Registrationfee $180.00Mandatoryliabilityinsurance$20.00Mandatory student insurance $.55___________________________________________

Totaldueatregistration $200.55

•CriminalBackgroundFeeand Drug Screen Fee

•Textbooksarerequiredand availableatwww.cccc.eduor attheLeeMainCampus bookstore

•Auniformvendorwillcomeinto theclass,fortoorderauniform. I ceil blue top and pant is required–roughcostestimateis $25.00to$30.00.

•18yearsoldorolder

•HSDorGED=OfficialTranscript

•CPRCertificationfromAHAor ARCpriortoexternship

•TBskintestandInfluenza vaccination(currentwithin one year)

•Criminalbackgroundcheckand drug screen completed throughFirstPointResources prior to scheduled orientation date

•Evidenceofstarting/completing theHepatitisBseriesorsigned declination.

•Vaccinationdocumentationfor MMR/Chickenpox,andInfluenza requiredforsomefacilitiesand mayrequireothertest.See instructorregardingdetails.

•PictureIDandSocialSecurity Cardarebothrequiredonthe firstdayofclass.

Student Admission/Completion RequirementsProgram DescriptionThis course is designed to prepare studenttodrawbloodspecimensfrom patients for the purpose of testingandanalyzingblood.Aphlebotomist’sjobincludesmaintenanceofequipmentusedinobtaining blood specimens; the use ofappropriatecommunicationskillswhenworkingwithpatients;theselectionofvenipuncturesites;thecare of blood specimens; the entry of the testing process into the computer;aswellasclericaldutiesassociatedwithrecordkeepingofthebloodtests.

The course consists of theory and clinical experiences in performing bloodcollections.Emphasisisplacedon safety and proper selection of collection sites and the care of the collectedspecimen.Infectioncontroliscovered,aswellasanexplanationofvariouslegalandregulatoryissuesrelatingtophlebotomy.Othertopicsthatarecoveredintheprograminclude collection of other body fluids,bodycavities,bodyfunctions,andstructurallevelsofthehumanbody.

CPRcertificationwillberequiredprior to entering the clinical facility;CPRcertificationisadministeredwithintheclassroompriortoenteringtheclinicalfacility.

GraduatesareeligiblefortheAmericanSocietyforClinicalPathologycertification.

(919) 545–8682(919) 545–8042