Program Description
Phlebotomists typically draw blood and collect other specimens such as urine, throat cultures, and stool cultures. They may also carry out other related clerical and routine lab tasks (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments waived) and enter results into the computer. This course series prepares students to sit for the national certification exam to become a Certified Phlebotomist (CPT).
Program Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this Continuing Education Workforce Certificate, students will be able to:
- perform entry-level phlebotomy work that demonstrates ethical behavior, critical thinking, and problem solving skills;
- prepare for certification and professional mobility consistent with recognized standards of medical and professional ethics; and
- foster a commitment to life-long learning.
Program Credentials
Successful Completion:
CCBC Credential:
Students will be awarded a Continuing Education Workforce Certificate and have access to a Continuing Education academic record (transcript). Students will be prepared to take the national certification exam to become a Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT).
Certifying Organization: National Healthcareer Association
www.nhanow.com
Certification exam cost: $117
Financial Aid and Payment Options
CCBC currently offers Continuing Education (CE) financial aid to those who qualify. We package public and private funding options to benefit students which include COVID-19 relief funding, the Maryland Sequence Scholarship, CCBC Opportunity Grant funding, Maryland Promise, and Baltimore County College Promise. Financial aid funding is available for select CE courses and programs.
Additional opportunities for financial support include partial payment options through Nelnet Business Solutions and tuition waivers for those who qualify. Resources outside of CCBC may also be available through employer/sponsor paid tuition, the Department of Rehabilitation Services (DORS), and your local office of workforce development.
For more information about funding resources and how to apply for them, please contact the CCBC Continuing Education Information Center at 443-840-4700.
Program Length
16-24 weeks
Courses are offered at CCBC Essex, CCBC Hunt Valley, and CCBC Randallstown.
Program Requirements
Information /Orientation:
Prospective students are required to attend an orientation session prior to registration. Contact Claire Loeblein at cloeblein@ccbcmd.edu or 443-840-1389 for information on upcoming orientation sessions.
Requirements:
Students must be computer literate and have reliable Internet access.
Students must consent to having blood drawn by their classmates during training.
Students must submit the following paperwork via CastleBranch by the second session of Phlebotomy (AHE 126). Details regarding this paperwork will be presented at the mandatory orientation:
- Negative PPD (six months) or negative chest x-ray less than one year old
- Positive titer or proof of vaccination/immunity for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella
- Current flu vaccine
- Hepatitis B vaccination or declination form
- Tetanus shot (less than ten years)
- Copy of health insurance card
- Proof of current American Heart Association BLS Provider certification
Clinical eligibility is, in part, dependent upon a criminal background check and random urine drug testing completed through CastleBranch, CCBC’s only approved vendor. The cost of the test and background check is the responsibility of the student. Clinical is necessary to meet the eligibility requirements to sit for the national certification examination.
Prior Learning Assessment
This program has potential options for waiving select courses based on previous coursework or articulated coursework form an approved curriculum, or successful completion of a CCBC placement or challenge exam. A maximum of 37 hours may be earned from prior learning.
Application Process
To apply, go to www.ccbcmd.edu/apply and complete the CCBC Non-Credit Workforce Training Certificate application. Then, email CEHealth@ccbcmd.edu for information about upcoming course options.
Provisional Entry – Prospective students are required to attend an orientation session prior to registration.
Program Course Sequence
AHE805 REQUIRES 100% attendance. Students arriving late to class will not be admitted. Late arrival to, or early exit from, class will also result in a failing grade and no refund. Students will then be required to retake the class at their expense.
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Course Number
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Course Title
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Course Hours
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Costs
T=Tuition/F=Fees
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Textbook Information
(approximate cost; subject to change)
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AHE 534*
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AHE 124
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Medical Terminology for Health Occupations
Medical Terminology Online
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30
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$329
T-$99/F-$230
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Programmed Learning Approach to Medical Terminology, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781284224825
Price is approximately $87.95
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AHE 805
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CPR for Health Care Providers
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7
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$109
T-$33/F-$76
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Included in course cost and provided during class.
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AHE 126
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Phlebotomy
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60
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$1099
T-$330/F-$769
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Phlebotomy Essentials, 7th edition. Publisher Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 9781496387073
Price is approximately $ 92.99
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AHL 674
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Venipuncture Clinical
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80
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$329
T-$99/F-$230
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None
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Program Series Totals:
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177
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$1866
T-$561/F-$1305
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$180.94
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All courses must be finished for successful program completion
Additional Information
Course Substitutions:
Medical Terminology AHE 534 can be substituted with OFAD/MDAS 141, or ALHL 115, or AHL 717, or AHE 124.
CPR for Healthcare Providers (AHE 805) can be substituted with current AHA BLS Provider certification (must be completed within the last year).
Other course substitutions must be approved by the program coordinator.
Additional Expenses:
Students are responsible for screenings, medical testing, scrubs, and miscellaneous supplies that cost approximately $250.
Skills for Success:
See Technical Standards at the end of this document.
Career Opportunities:
Entry-level position as a certified phlebotomy technician in a hospital or clinical laboratory, doctor’s office, or outpatient healthcare setting.
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Technical Standards
Technical Standards for CCBC’s Phlebotomy Training Series
The primary goal of The Community College of Baltimore County’s Phlebotomy Training Series is to adequately prepare students for an entry-level position as a certified phlebotomy technician in a hospital/clinical laboratory, doctor’s offices, or out-patient healthcare setting.
The duties of a phlebotomist require the ability to safely draw blood and other specimens from patients in medical settings in a proper, safe, reliable, consistent, and skillful manner using various techniques and devices. They need to be able to perform a variety of blood collection methods and procedures using proper techniques and precautions including: vacuum collection devices, capillary skin puncture, butterfly needles and blood culture specimen collection. The phlebotomist must place emphasis on safety precautions, infection prevention/control, proper patient identification, proper labeling of specimens, and quality assurance. Their duties also require them to be detail-oriented, accurate, precise and focused, and flexible physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Following is a partial list of the types and skills usually required for adequate job performance:
Physical Requirements:
A. Sufficient strength and mobility to:
- Move freely in the office and support/move patients
- Ability to maneuver in the laboratory, around instruments, in confined spaces, and in patient rooms
- Move freely and quickly from place to place
- Support and transfer patients safely from bed to stretcher, bed to wheelchair, and modify patient position in bed or on radiographic table.
- Lift and/or carry 50 lbs. to waist level unassisted
- Move objects in excess of 100 lbs. without restriction
- Work remaining in a standing position long periods of time
- Reach above shoulder height to manipulate equipment
- Reach below waist level to manipulate equipment
- Perform duties that require good hand/eye and hand/eye/foot coordination
- Perform repetitive tasks
B. Fine motor coordination sufficient to perform precise and delicate tasks:
- Keen sense of touch
- Steady arm and hand movements while manipulating objects or assisting others
- Operate and manipulate instruments and equipment such as, but not limited to, pipettes, microscopes, centrifuges, and blood glucose monitors
- Ability to manipulate small objects with fingertips or control adaptive devices
- Identify venipuncture sites by palpation
- Detect changes in skin/tissue temperature and integrity
- Interpret tactile sensations such as texture, mobility, firmness, strength, and temperature
C. Adequate vision to:
- Observe, monitor, and/or assess patient
- Read fine print on monitors, devices, and gauges
- Read written instructions
- Acquire information from documents such as charts, radiographs, computer images, and other modes of delivery
- Discriminate colors
- See and discriminate between varieties of visual equipment alarms
D. Sufficient hearing to:
- Assess/monitor patients
- Follow verbal instructions
- Use a stethoscope to hear blood pressure and heart sounds
- Detect and discriminate between sounds of normal conversation
- Hear sounds of a variety of equipment alarms
Interpersonal and Professional Skills:
- Have the ability to:
- Interact in a professional manner with many personalities and attitudes and with people from many different backgrounds
- Respect and protect patient rights and confidentiality without regard to personal beliefs and judgments
- Remain calm and perform as trained during stressful situations
- Display flexibility and adapt to changing environments
- Demonstrate compassion, integrity, and concern for others
- Recognize emergencies and be able to take appropriate action
- Accept constructive criticism and respond appropriately by modifying behavior
- Tolerate physically taxing workloads and function effectively under stress
B. Sufficient communication skills to:
- Give and receive accurate written and verbal instructions in English
- Use correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling
- Read and comprehend written material in English at a minimum of the 9th grade level
- Observe and interpret non-verbal communication
- Chart/write in medical records and record client data
- Perceive pertinent detail in verbal or tabular material
Intellectual Ability and Emotional Stability To:
- Learn, measure, calculate, reason, analyze, integrate, synthesize, and use data/information
- Interpret, problem solve, and demonstrate critical thinking
- Comprehend three-dimensional and spatial relationships
- Respond to emergencies by processing information consistently, accurately, and quickly
- Possess the ability to self-evaluate
- Interpret instructions furnished in oral, written, diagrammatic, or schedule form
- Carry out detailed written or oral instructions
- Analyze, compile, copy, and compare data standards for Phlebotomy Technicians.
- Perform complex tasks
Environment Requirements:
- Work indoors around moving machinery
- Work in confined spaces
- Wear appropriate safety equipment, such as gowns, caps, masks, gloves, lead aprons, and eye protection
- Work in environment that may include exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, blood and other body fluids, noise, and radiation
- Able to tolerate unpleasant odors related to human waste, secretions, infections, etc.
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