Phlebotomy
Description
This course is aimed at training for the job of “Phlebotomy Technician”, in the “Healthcare industry” and how to work safely in a lab without harming the patients and causing cross infection.
Job Opportunity
- Phlebotomy Technician
Job Propagation
- Medical Lab Technician
Some of the key Skills or learning would include:
- Obtain blood samples from babies, adults and older people for testing in laboratories
- Explain the procedure to patients
- Reassure nervous or distressed patients
- insert a needle and drawing off the blood into a tube
- apply a dressing to the puncture made by the needle
- label the blood sample
- deliver the sample to the correct laboratory
- complete records and enter the data on a computer