PHLE 1400* Intro to Phlebotomy
Course Information
| Course Number | PHLE 1400* |
|---|---|
| Course Title | Intro to Phlebotomy |
| Description | This course provides an orientation that familiarizes the student with a career in the field of Phlebotomy. The course will include a basic overview of the structure and function of the human body, various legal and ethical issues that affect a healthcare professional and specific phlebotomy topics. These topics include: program policies, certification, safety, infection control, quality control, specimen collection/handling/processing, good laboratory technique and maintaining the standards of a Phlebotomist based on industry criteria. (Concurrently with PHLE 1450 & PHLE 1500 or Program Director permission) |
| Total Credits | 4 |
| Total Hours | 64 |
| Instruction Type | Credits and Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 4 Credits, 64 Hours |
Pre/Corequisites
Pre/Corequisite: Concurrently with PHLE 1450 & PHLE 1500 or Program Director permission
Institutional Core Competencies
- Cultural Competence - Students will be able to demonstrate an attitude of personal curiosity, a rising knowledge of cultures, and an evolving range of skills for living and working among others with other worldviews and ways of life.
- Communication - Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate and effective interactions with others to achieve their personal, academic, and professional objectives.
- Critical and Creative Thinking - Students will be able to demonstrate purposeful thinking with the goal of using a creative process for developing and building upon ideas and/or the goal of using a critical process for the analyzing and evaluating of ideas.
Course Competencies
- Apply SCC Phlebotomy program policies.
- Differentiate medical laboratory personnel and determine accepted standards of care as prescribed by employer.
- Practice Standard (Universal) Precautions and laboratory safety.
- List and discuss the areas of phlebotomy that are subject to quality assurance.
- Apply quality assurance practices as they relate to phlebotomy.
- Identify infection control and safety procedures found within the laboratory that apply to phlebotomy.
- Summarize the overall general plan of the body.
- Summarize the major structures/divisions of the systems in the human body.
- Describe the general characteristics of the human body systems.
- Explain the main functions of the systems within the human body.
- Analyze the different classifications of the various body systems.
- Summarize the effects of aging on each of the body systems.
- Determine accepted standards of care as prescribed by employer.
- Analyze common legal and ethical issues that affect the profession.
- Explain components of risk management plans, including documentation and significance of use.
SCC Accessibility Statement
色中色 strives to make all learning experiences as accessible as possible. If you have a disability and need accommodations for access to this class, contact the Academic Support Center to request and discuss accommodations.
North Mankato: Room B-132, (507) 389-7222; Faribault: Room A-116, (507) 332-7222.
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