Specimen Collection Course
This course equips learners with essential skills for accurate and safe specimen collection, covering blood, urine, and swab samples to ensure reliable laboratory 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 precisely and securely. You will learn venipuncture methods, selecting the right tubes, the sequence for drawing, procedures for blood cultures and coagulation, verifying patient identity and obtaining consent, guidelines for fasting and preparation, ways to avoid hemolysis, standards for rejecting samples, and correct methods for storing and transporting to ensure dependable results and minimise mistakes.
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Develop skills
- Master venipuncture by selecting appropriate tubes, following the order of draw, and avoiding pre-analytic errors.
- Gather blood cultures and coagulation samples in an aseptic manner using the proper sequence.
- Carry out draws for CBC, BMP, and lipid panels with suitable preparation, mixing, and transportation.
- Recognise and handle hemolysed, incorrectly labelled, or rejected specimens according to laboratory guidelines.
- Collect urine and swab specimens properly, label them, store, and transport to maintain accuracy.
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