Award: CCT
Total Clock Hours: 300
CIP Code: 51.1009
Initiating College: Gateway Community College
Program Availability: Not Found
Program Availability: College-Specific
Program Availability: Shared by:
Field of Interest: Health Sciences
GPA: 2.0
SOC Code: Upon completion of this program, students may pursue a career as:
31-9097.00 Phlebotomists
Description: The Certificate of Competency (CCT) in Clinical Phlebotomy program is designed to prepare a person to obtain blood specimens by skin puncture and venipuncture. The phlebotomist may find employment in hospitals, patient service centers, life insurance companies, doctors` offices, outreach services, and donor centers. Students in the Phlebotomy program will be in contact with potentially infectious blood, tissues, and body fluids. During this program, eligible students will have the opportunity to take the national certification exam.
Program Notes: This program is not eligible for Title IV Federal Financial Aid. Students will be required to have a minimum of 50 successful live draws to sit for the national certification examination. Students are provided the opportunity to take this examination prior to going to clinical externship. The expense of the examination is the student`s responsibility.
Students will be required to take a randomized urine drug screen and submit a negative result prior to being eligible to participate in clinical externship. The expense of the urine drug screen is the student`s responsibility.
Students are required to complete 160 hours of clinical externship to complete this program. Externship hours are site specific and may require attendance any day of the week, including during unscheduled days and times.
Students must meet all required program competencies in order to receive a passing grade. This program is a P (pass) or Z (no pass) graded program.
Admission Criteria: None
Admission Criteria: 1. Background check requirements: Admission to an Allied Health program requires that students be in compliance with the Maricopa County Community College District Background Check Standards. Upon conditional program enrollment, the student must comply with all requirements of the MCCCD Background Check Policy.
2. Clinical health and safety requirements must be met. Upon conditional program enrollment, the student must comply with all requirements of the MCCCD Clinical Health and Safety Policy.
3. Inability to comply with background check requirements and/or clinical health and safety requirements at the start of classes may result in cancellation of enrollment.
4. 18 years of age to enroll.
1. Application of safety and government standards and compliance to the phlebotomy setting. (PLC109, PLC111, PLC122)
2. Demonstrate critical thinking, professional and ethical conduct in phlebotomy practices. (PLC109, PLC111, PLC122)
3. Communicate sufficiently to serve the public, patients and members of the healthcare team. (PLC109, PLC111, PLC122)
4. Implement quality assurance and quality control principles to requisitioning, specimen transport, and specimen processing. (PLC109, PLC111, PLC122)
5. Perform specimen collection utilizing proper procedures, equipment, and techniques. (PLC109, PLC111, PLC122)
6. Application of methodologies and techniques including problem solving and troubleshooting for phlebotomy. (PLC109, PLC111, PLC122)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected.
All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the
curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available.
