4 courses with the subject PHL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
PHL 1010Clinical Laboratory Basics3
This course introduces the basic clinical laboratory principles and skills as practiced in healthcare laboratories and how these areas contribute to health care in various settings. Emphasizing legal and ethical concerns in healthcare, regulatory agencies and quality assurance, medical terminology, anatomy of the cardiovascular system with the formation of blood and lymphatic system. Safety, infection control, and the fundamental skills required to procure and prepare blood specimens for testing will also be explored.
This course explores the principles of phlebotomy and the advanced topics necessary to become certified and employed as a phlebotomist in the medical setting. Topics covered include anatomy and physiology of the circulatory system, equipment and supplies needed for venipuncture, the venipuncture procedure, pre-analytical errors, specimen processing, and capillary blood sample collection. This course also includes EKG testing, non-blood specimens, point of care testing (POC), and arterial puncture. Students Complete 45 hours lecture/lab during the first 4 weeks of the semester and 120 hours of phlebotomy experience [clinical practicum] at a clinical affiliate agency during the last 3 weeks of the semester. Clinical settings can include physician offices, reference laboratories, STAT laboratories, hospitals, or other medical facilities.
