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Aug 31, 2024
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2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog
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AHS 105 - Phlebotomy Description: Theory and practice of basic phlebotomy and specimen processing including laboratory tests, equipment, procedures, ethics, safety, legal issues and quality assurance.
Prerequisites: Reading Proficiency
Credits: 2 Lecture: 1 Lab: 3
Course Content:
- Terminology
- Ethics and safety
- Legal implications
- Anatomy and physiology of the hand and arm
- Quality assurance methods
- Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)
- Universal precautions
- Venipuncture
- Equipment and supplies
- Documentation in the clinical laboratory
- Body systems and corresponding laboratory test
Learning Outcomes:
- Define basic terms and codes related to phlebotomy and laboratory testing. (1)
- Identify and describe the anatomy and physiology of the hand and arm. (4)
- Describe how phlebotomy is affected by privacy laws and law enforcement. (3)
- Collect blood specimens by venipuncture adhering to OSHA guidelines and lab safety in procedures. (2,5,7,8)
- Maintain and inventory of equipment and supplies for collecting blood specimens. (9,10)
- Explain how CLIA and HIPAA regulations affect phlebotomy practices. (2,3,6)
- Describe reporting requirements for adverse phlebotomy. (3,5,10)
- Describe and apply standard universal precautions. (2,7,8)
- State the purpose of specific laboratory tests. (11)
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