Tuesday, December 30, 2014

MCC Offers Phlebotomy Technician Training

McHenry County College will offer Phlebotomy Technician Training Jan. 12-April 29 on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6-9 p.m.

Phlebotomists are skilled healthcare professionals who have been trained to collect, transport, handle and process blood and other specimens for laboratory analysis using venipuncture and micro collection techniques. In addition, phlebotomists must be able to identify and select equipment, supplies and additives used in blood collection and understand factors that affect specimen collection procedures and test results.

This is an in-demand profession, and MCC's program is designed to prepare students to take the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) Route 2 Phlebotomy Technician National Certification Exam.

The program is geared toward a variety of students, including those with a healthcare background looking to strengthen their current skills and those desiring to become career phlebotomists.

The Phlebotomy Technician Training program consists of 160 hours, including 60 hours of classroom and lab and 100 hours of external clinical sessions at offsite locations for approximately three weeks near the end of the course. The clinical hours are Monday-Friday during daytime hours (starting as early as 5 a.m. and ending as late at 4:30 p.m., depending on location) and will be used to attain 100 unaided blood draws required by the ASCP. The fee for this course is $2,309, which includes the necessary textbooks, materials and one set of scrubs.

For more information please contact: Ruth Kormanak at (815) 479-7879 or rkormanak@mchenry.edu.  Please be advised that there is sometimes a high demand for this program and due to limited openings you may be put on a waiting list to enroll.

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