CLS 100 - Obtaining a Blood Specimen

Offered Fall: Yes Offered Winter: Yes Offered Summer: No Offered Other: No

1 Credits
Hours (Lecture - Discussion - Lab): 3-0-2
Graded: Graded: S/U
A course designed to teach any interested student phlebotomy skills by venipuncture and dermal puncture methods. Lecture topics include infection control, safety, ethics, communication, specimen processing, selection of anti-coagulants, order of draw, prioritizing requests, complications and accidental needlesticks.

Notes: Meets four weeks of the semester.