- To provide students in a safe environment with the knowledge of the health care delivery system and medical terminology.
- To instill in students professional integrity and pride.
- To educate students with a thorough knowledge of infection control and safety.
- To prepare student to successfully pass the ASCP Certification Exam for phlebotomy technicians.
- To educate students with the basic understanding of the anatomy and physiology of body systems and anatomic terminology in order to correlate with the different areas of the clinical laboratory and disease states.
- To prepare students to understand the age specific or psycho-social considerations involved in the performance of phlebotomy procedures on various age groups of patients.
- To prepare students to have an understanding of the importance of specimen collection and specimen integrity in the delivery of patient care.
- To graduate phlebotomy technicians with knowledge of collection equipment, additive types, and precautions necessary and substances that can interfere in the laboratory analysis of blood and other specimens.
- To educate phlebotomy technicians on the standard operating procedures when collecting specimens during venipuncture and capillary (dermal) puncture.
- To graduate phlebotomy technicians with an understanding of requisitioning, specimen transport and processing.
- To provide sufficient background material so that the graduate understands quality assurance and quality control in phlebotomy.
- To graduate phlebotomy technicians who can communicate (verbally and nonverbally) effectively and appropriately in the workplace.
- To instill in students an understanding of the importance of their work as phlebotomy technicians on a medical team whose sole purpose is the patient.
- To graduate phlebotomy technicians with a background in management for a future role in phlebotomy management in the laboratory.
** Reference: NAACLS PBT Unique Standards, PDF file pages 73 and 74.