Specimen Collection Course
This course offers practical training in safe and accurate collection of blood, urine, and swab specimens, covering venipuncture techniques, sample handling, and quality assurance to prevent errors and ensure reliable lab results.

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 gathering blood, urine, and swab samples correctly and without risk. You will learn venipuncture methods, selecting the right tubes, the sequence for drawing blood, procedures for blood cultures and coagulation, identifying patients and obtaining consent, guidelines for fasting and preparation, ways to avoid hemolysis, criteria for rejecting samples, and appropriate storage and transport to ensure reliable results and minimise mistakes.
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Develop skills
- Master venipuncture by selecting tubes, following the order of draw, and avoiding pre-analytic errors.
- Collect blood cultures and coagulation samples in an aseptic manner using the correct sequence.
- Carry out draws for CBC, BMP, and lipid panels with appropriate preparation, mixing, and transport.
- Recognise and handle hemolysed, mislabelled, or rejected specimens according to laboratory standards.
- Gather urine and swab specimens properly, label them, store, and transport to maintain accuracy.
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