This certificate program prepares students to work as a member of the health care team as a phlebotomist in the clinical/lab setting. Course content includes the phlebotomy history, laboratory setting / personnel, legal and ethical concerns, infection control standards and preventive steps, CPR/First Aid, circulatory system, anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, proper body mechanics, various blood drawing techniques, safety aspects of phlebotomy, complications of phlebotomy, handling of non-blood specimens and OSHA safety standards. Students will be eligible to take the national board exam upon satisfactory completion of the program.