Specimen Collection Course
This course offers practical training in specimen collection techniques, focusing on blood, urine, and swab samples to ensure accuracy and safety in laboratory procedures.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Specimen Collection Course provides straightforward, hands-on training to assist you in collecting blood, urine, and swab samples properly and securely. You will learn venipuncture methods, selecting the right tubes, the sequence for drawing blood, procedures for blood cultures and coagulation, patient identification and consent, guidelines for fasting and preparation, ways to avoid hemolysis, criteria for rejecting samples, and correct storage and transport to ensure reliable results and minimise errors.
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Develop skills
- Gain expertise in venipuncture: select appropriate tubes, follow the order of draw, and avoid pre-analytic mistakes.
- Gather blood cultures and coagulation samples in a sterile manner using the proper sequence.
- Carry out draws for CBC, BMP, and lipid panels with correct preparation, mixing, and transport.
- Recognise and handle hemolysed, incorrectly labelled, or rejected specimens according to laboratory guidelines.
- Collect urine and swab specimens appropriately, label them, store, and transport to maintain accuracy.
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