What All is Included in Phlebotomy Training?

Phlebotomy is the practice of drawing blood from patient’s body. For becoming a phlebotomy technician or phlebotomist, one needs to get a proper training. The phlebotomists work in hospitals, clinic, laboratories, and other healthcare institutions. There are number of institutes that provide phlebotomy training.

New York Medical Career Training Center is one of the leading medical institutes in New York.  It was established in 1997 and is known for providing excellence education to the students. This institute offers various medical programs like patient care technician, medical billing, medical assistant, dialysis technician, medical office technician, nurse assistant, pharmacy technician and many more.

The phlebotomy training includes-

• Theory and lab training
• Carrying out the process of venipunture
• Describe the process of venipunture to patients
• The students are trained on how to use the different medical equipments.
• To check the glucose level of the patient.
• Medical safety and processes
• Record keeping and labeling
• Legal issues and quality control
• Ethics and professionalism

Apart from the training, the job responsibilities of a phlebotomist includes, collecting blood samples for analysis, communicating effectively with patients and other medical staff, sterilizing the used equipments and recording all the information of the patient.