Obtaining a Blood Specimen - NMU Bulletin

CLS 100 Obtaining a Blood Specimen 1 cr.  (3-0-2)

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Graded: S/U
• Bulletin Year: 2012 - 2013 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

A course designed to teach any interested student phlebotomy skills by venipuncture and dermal puncture methods. Lecture topics include infection control, safety, ethics, communication, specimen processing, selection of anti-coagulants, order of draw, prioritizing requests, complications and accidental needlesticks. Notes:

Meets four weeks of the semester.