5.00 Credits
This introductory course combines phlebotomy skills with a performance of basic medical laboratory tests while emphasizing quality assurance and patient well-being. In addition, students learn laboratory safety, infection control, ethics, basic instrumentation and the collection, transportation and processing of a variety of specimens. Upon successful completion of this course and MSHT103, Clinical Phlebotomy, the student will be eligible to sit for the National ASCP Registry Exam for Phlebotomists. 3-4-5