Phlebotomy Training Program

As a phlebotomist, you provide specialized clinical support and collect blood from patients for laboratory testing. Lab test results provide valuable information allowing physicians to diagnose and treat patients. After completing the course and passing the ASCP national certification exam, you qualify for phlebotomy positions in hospitals, private physician offices, public health departments, clinics, or blood banks. 
Students gain theoretical and practical skills and knowledge through class, lab, and clinical practice. Learn anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology, as well as how to establish a professional relationship with the patient, how to select and prepare the venipuncture site, collect specimens, prepare and maintain equipment, about donor patients, and the health, and safety and legal aspects of the occupation.
"Live" sticks are performed. SEE program schedule dates & times below. SEE the Externship schedule dates & times below.

• This program meets on campus two days per week with some online learning. Students must have access to a computer with a camera and microphone for the required online learning. Smartphones do not work for this class. 
• Students must attend the mandatory Orientation on the start date on campus, and bring copies of all required vaccine documents (see below) and health insurance ID.  Attendance throughout the course is very strict. See the schedule below. 

Externship:
Students are required to complete a minimum 100-hours of clinical externship off campus, set during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. for 2.5 weeks. No evenings, weekends, or holidays are allowed for the externship. Students are required to have reliable transportation to travel to the assigned clinical externship site. Attendance for this course is strict. 

Registration Requirements:

• Must be 18 years of age or older and a high school or GED graduate.
• Students must provide a copy of their free Accuplacer test results offered through TTC’s Testing Services Center schedule your test on this link. The minimum scores that must be achieved include 240 in each subject: Reading, Writing, and Math. 
• SC Wins Scholarship Application  https://www.tridenttech.edu/ce/funding/workforce-pathways-scholarship.htm   
• Complete the Scholarship application, and attach your ID and Accuplacer test results. Registration will email students within 2 weeks if accepted in the class.

Included in this program:

•  The SC Wins Scholarship funds the tuition, books, drug screening, and background screening.
• Textbooks: Phlebotomy Essentials Book, Workbook and PrepU, by McCall Edition 7, and the BLS/CPR book by AHA and CPR mask. Students will receive Book Vouchers for the TTC Bookstore one week before the course start date.
•  NOTE: See Student Costs below.

1)  The following requirements are not included in the Scholarship:

• Students are required to bring the following documentation to the Orientation on the first day: copies of their  immunizations & health insurance ID, due at the Orientation:
  • Immunizations include: current within 12 months: a 2-step PPD skin test, current within 9 years a tetanus vaccine, flu vaccine, if season, a copy of childhood MMR immunization records or a titer, meningitis vaccine or waiver, Hepatitis B vaccine or waiver is required. Students are responsible for these costs.
  • Major medical insurance identification is required from the start date through the end date of the program.  
  • Uniform required:
    • Scrub top and bottom, any color.
    • White athletic shoes and socks. 

Failure to complete a program funded by the SC Wins Scholarship eliminates any future Scholarships.

National Certification:
Receive a TTC certificate of achievement once you successfully complete the Phlebotomy program; class and clinical portion. Students must complete 72 hours of classroom training and a minimum of 100 hours of clinical training at a clinical site.
Successful completion of the program allows students to sit for the national certification examination, at their own cost, from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP.org), the gold standard certification for phlebotomists, and the credential that employers seek.