PHLEB 102 - Medical Assistant Phlebotomy Laboratory

Credits: 3
Provides the skills and techniques for venipuncture and capillary blood collections, EKG, physical assessments and vital signs. Utilize veni-dot arms and peers to practice blood collections. Prepare and process samples for analysis. Learn to manage age specific needs, provide customer service, and obtain special collections. Meets the Medical Assistant Phlebotomy requirements to apply for credentialing through the State of Washington.

Enrollment Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in PHLEB 104 and NURSE 127; and instructor consent.

Course Fee: $150.00

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Demonstrate vital signs, EKG techniques and rhythm strip reading.
Demonstrate accepted practices for infection control, isolation techniques, aseptic techniques, and methods for prevention of disease.
Observe the OSHA Blood borne Pathogens Standard and Needle Safety Precaution Act.
Demonstrate basic anatomy and physiology including veins of the arms and hands which phlebotomy is performed using correct anatomical terminology.
Demonstrate knowledge of collection equipment, various types of additives used, special precautions necessary, and substances that can interfere in clinical analysis of blood constituents.
Demonstrate requisitioning, specimen transport, and specimen processing with quality assurance and quality control in phlebotomy.
Demonstrate professional communication (verbally and non-verbally) in the workplace.

Program Outcomes

Define and describe phlebotomy, phlebotomy services, ethical, legal, and regulatory issues including HIPPA.
Define and describe anatomic structures and function of body systems using correct medical terminology in relation to services performed by phlebotomists.
Define and describe standard operating procedures to collect specimens including blood collection equipment, documentation, specimen handling, and transportation.
Define and describe special collections in phlebotomy and effect on client safety.
Perform infection control techniques and safety complying with federal, state, and locally mandated regulations regarding safety practices.
Perform all steps of phlebotomy procedures including collection of equipment, reagents, supplies, interfering chemical substances, specimen requisitioning, collection, transport and processing.
Perform appropriate professional communication and documentation of vital signs, EKGs, and phlebotomy procedures.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.