Specimen Collection Course
This course equips learners with essential skills for accurate and safe specimen collection, covering blood, urine, and swab procedures to ensure reliable laboratory results.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid 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 accurately and safely. You will learn venipuncture methods, tube selection, order of draw, blood culture and coagulation procedures, patient identification and consent, fasting and preparation guidelines, preventing hemolysis, rejection standards, and correct storage and transport to ensure reliable results and minimise errors.
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Develop skills
- Master venipuncture: select tubes, follow order of draw, and avoid pre-analytic errors.
- Collect blood cultures and coagulation samples aseptically using the proper sequence.
- Carry out CBC, BMP, and lipid panel draws with appropriate preparation, mixing, and transport.
- Identify and handle hemolyzed, mislabeled, or rejected specimens according to laboratory standards.
- Collect urine and swab specimens properly, label them, store, and transport for accuracy.
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