Instructional Council: Allied Health (51)
GPA: 2.0
SOC Code: 25-1071, 29-2012
Description: The Laboratory Assisting Certificate of Completion (CCL) program provides education and training for employment in various laboratories. Laboratory Assistants perform pre-analytical processes, point-of-care testing, and initiate testing to provide clinical support for testing and reporting of laboratory tests. Professional duties throughout various areas in a laboratory include specimen processing, inventory management, conducting quality control and quality assurance activities, performing point-of-care testing, selecting laboratory tests, initiating testing on automated analyzers, and using computers to assist in testing and documenting laboratory activities. Students in the Laboratory Assisting Program will be in contact with potentially infectious blood, tissues, and body fluids.
Program Notes: Students must earn a grade of "C" or better for all courses required within the program.
This program is not eligible for Title IV Federal Financial Aid. + indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
Admission Criteria: High school diploma or GED.
Completion of Program Prerequisites.
Ability to fully participate in classroom, laboratory, or clinical setting program activities.
Proof of current immunization: Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR), tuberculosis skin test (TB), varicella, tetanus, diphtheria, and Hepatitis B vaccine (HEB).
Submit current CPR card for Health Care Provider and maintain current status throughout the practicum(s).
Complete and submit health declaration form signed by a licensed health care provider.
Submit to a drug screening and demonstrate negative results.
Background Check Requirements
Admission to an Allied Health program requires that students be in compliance with the Maricopa County Community College District Supplemental Background Check policy. Program applications will not be accepted without a copy of an Arizona Department of Public Safety Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card. Upon conditional program admission, the student must comply with all requirements of the current MCCCD background check policy.
Program Prerequisites: None
Program Prerequisites
The credit hour range is subject to change depending on the student`s educational experiences.
Option 1: Credits: 6.5
HCC130 Fundamentals in Health Care Delivery 3
HCC145AA Medical Terminology for Health Care Professionals I 1
+ PLB109 Phlebotomy: Basic Skills 1
+ PLB110 Practicum: Fundamental Phlebotomy Skills 0.5
+ PLB111 Specimen Processing and Advanced Techniques in Phlebotomy Procedures 1
Option 2: Credits: 2.5
HCC130 (3.0) and HCC145AA (1.0) are waived for students who have completed an Associate of Applied Science degree or higher degree in a health science discipline from a regionally accredited institution of higher education recognized by the Maricopa Community College District.
Option 3: Credits: 0
HCC130, HCC145AA, PLB109, PLB110, and PLB111 may be waived by the Program Director for the student who has one or more years as a health care professional with documented phlebotomy experience.
1. Describe the scope of practice, the duties, and the limitations of a laboratory assistant. (LBA150)
2. Explain the functions of the various laboratory departments. (LBA150)
3. Practice infection control and laboratory safety. (LBA152, LBA158)
4. Apply quality assurance and quality control principles to specimen processing and specimen testing. (LBA152, LBA158)
5. Perform initial testing on selected laboratory specimens. (LBA152, LBA158)
6. Use computer functions of laboratory information systems and laboratory instrumentation. (LBA152, LBA158)
7. Document laboratory actions and clerical functions using medico-legal guidelines. (LBA152, LBA158)
8. Use professional and ethical conduct. (LBA152, LBA158)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected.
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: February 22, 2011
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.
