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 collecting blood, urine, and swab samples properly and without risk. You will learn venipuncture methods, selecting the right tubes, the sequence for drawing blood, procedures for blood cultures and coagulation tests, verifying patient identity and obtaining consent, guidelines for fasting and preparation, ways to avoid hemolysis, criteria for rejecting samples, and correct methods for storing and transporting specimens to ensure reliable results and minimise mistakes.
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Develop skills
- Gain expertise in venipuncture: select appropriate tubes, follow the order of draw, and avoid pre-analytic errors.
- Collect blood cultures and coagulation samples in an aseptic manner using the proper sequence.
- Carry out draws for CBC, BMP, and lipid panels with correct preparation, mixing, and transport.
- Recognise and handle hemolyzed, mislabeled, or rejected specimens according to laboratory standards.
- Collect urine and swab specimens accurately, label them, store, and transport to maintain precision.
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