Phlebotomy Technician Certification Program and/or Patient Care Technician Registration
The 96-hour Phlebotomy Technician Certification Program prepares professionals to collect blood specimens from clients for laboratory analysis. Students will become familiar with all aspects of blood collection and develop comprehensive skills to perform venipunctures competently and safely. Classroom work includes terminology; anatomy; physiology; blood collection procedures; specimen hands-on practice; and, clinical training in skills and techniques to perform puncture methods. The program also includes lab exercises. Students will work with a training arm and other exercises intended to prepare them to function as entry-level phlebotomy technicians. The curriculum is designed to provide the educational information and competencies required by the National Center for Competency Testing, NCCT, for certification as a Phlebotomy Technician.
Note: This course may be taken as a stand-alone course or as part of the Patient Care Technician Program.
Your registration packet includes the following
- Phlebotomy Technician Certification Program and/or Patient Care Technician Program Requirements Sheet
- Drug Screens and Criminal Background Check Sheet
- Phlebotomy Technician Certification Program and/or Patient Care Technician Program Student Checklist
- Brookhaven College Continuing Education –
Immunization Record Form
- Dallas County Community College District,
Continuing/Workforce Education Registration Form
Helpful Information
Step 1 – Please take your immunization records to our Health Center located inside the Student Services Center, Building S, Room S072. The Brookhaven College nurse MUST complete the Immunization Record form before you can register for this program. If you are missing any immunizations, ask the nurse for a list of shots for which she can assist you. TITER tests can be taken to confirm that you have the required immunizations. The Brookhaven College Health Center offers two different Hepatitis series. The most common one requiring up to six months to complete or the TWINRIX series that can be completed within 21 days.
Step 2 – Once the Immunization Record has been completed and signed, take all required documentation (see student checklist) to the Health Careers office located in Building W, Room W109. The office hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Friday. No appointment is necessary. A representative will review and approve your documentation. You will receive a completed Registration Permission Slip.
Step 3 – Take the Registration Permission Slip and DCCCD, Continuing/Workforce Education Registration Form to the Admissions Office located in Building S, to register for your classes.
Step 4 – Take your receipt to the Cashier’s window to pay for your courses. Payment is due at the time of registration.
Note:
- Liability Insurance MUST be paid at the time of registration.
- Students MUST provide their own personal healthcare insurance coverage prior to registering, which covers all dates this class meets.
- Criminal Background Check and Drug Screenings – required to be completed no more than 30 days before the start of the clinical experience.
- Driver's license, Passport or State/Military issued ID card is required. (You will be required to present one of these forms of ID at the time you take the NCCT Phlebotomy Technician Exam.)
- Some classes meet at Texas Health Resources University located at 8194 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX.
For additional information about the Phlebotomy Technician Certification Program or Patient Care Technician Program, please call Wanda Snowton at 972-860-4537.
REQUIREMENTS
Phlebotomy Technician Certification Program
Phlebotomy Technician Certification (PLAB-1023) 96 hours
Total 96 hours
Course prerequisites MUST be completed prior to registration.
Upon successful completion of this program, the student is eligible to take the National Center for Competency Testing, NCCT, certification exam for Phlebotomy Technician.
Phlebotomy Technician Certification Program Prerequisites/Requirements
Registration must be done in person.
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Brookhaven College Continuing Education-Immunization Record Form.
Brookhaven College will require a copy of proof of immunization. Immunizations must be current.
The Immunization Record must be completed and signed ONLY by Brookhaven College’s Health Center nurse. The student must provide proof of immunization and complete a Brookhaven College Continuing Education-Immunization Record Form. The following immunizations are required: Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR), Varicella, TD or TDAP, all 3 doses of the Hepatitis B series, Flu Shot, and a current TB test (within the last year). If students have had a previous positive PPD test, documentation or history of treatment is required. - A copy of current completion card of Basic Cardiac Life Support, BCLS, for Health Care Providers.
- A copy of personal healthcare insurance coverage card, which will cover the dates classes meet.
- A copy of valid U.S. or Texas State Government Issued Photo I.D. (e.g. driver's license)
- Pass a criminal background check and drug screens*
(Students accepted into the Brookhaven College Workforce and Continuing Education Health Programs are required by the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Member Facilities to undergo a criminal background check and drug screening prior to beginning their clinical experience. These checks must be completed no more than 30 days before the start of the clinical experience.)
* Students who do not pass these two requirements will not be allowed to continue on to clinicals. - Dallas County Community College District, Continuing /Workforce Education Registration Form.
The following are
not included in the cost of the Phlebotomy Technician Certification Program and are the responsibility of the student.
- Textbooks.
- National Center for Competency Testing, NCCT, certification exam for Phlebotomy Technician.
- Liability Insurance (Must be paid at the time of registration).
- Personal healthcare insurance coverage.
- Drug Screens and Criminal Background check.
- Uniform scrubs (any color and style).
DRUG SCREENS AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK
Drug Screens
The Brookhaven College WCE and/or a clinical agency reserve the right to remove a student from the classroom or clinical facility for suspicion of drug or alcohol use and to submit to a drug and alcohol screen at the student’s expense. Additionally, the college and/or clinical agency reserve the right to request that a student submit to a drug and alcohol screen at random at the student’s expense. Students with a positive drug screen without an authorized provider prescription or a positive alcohol screen will be removed from Brookhaven College WCE Health Program.
Failure to comply with a drug screen request from Brookhaven or one of its clinical agencies will result in the student’s immediate expulsion from the Brookhaven College.
Furthermore, regardless of testing or testing results, clinical agencies reserve the right to expel students from their facilities.
The drug screen follows National Institute on Drug Abuse guidelines and screens for 10 substances, as designated in the Substance Abuse Panel 10, “SAP 10.” These substances are: amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine metabolites, alcohol, marijuana metabolites, methadone, opiates, phencyclidine and propoxyphene.
SAP 10 test results that fall outside of any of the acceptable ranges are considered positive test results and are automatically sent for a separate confirmatory test by a gas chromatography mass spectrometry method. If these results are positive, the test results are sent to a medical review officer who will review the results at an additional cost to the student. The medical review officer will then contact the student to determine if there is a valid prescription for the drug in question. If a valid prescription exists and is verified, the test result will be deemed negative and acceptable.
An individual with a positive drug screen will not be allowed to enroll in any health-related continuing education courses for a minimum of 12 months according to the Community Standard. Prior to enrolling or returning to the clinical agency/rotation, a student must provide proof of a negative drug screen as verified by the college/school.
Failure to comply with this policy will result in disciplinary action and dismissal from the Brookhaven College.
Criminal Background Check
The criminal background check reviews a person’s criminal history at least seven years prior to the date of program application. The check will include all cities and counties of the person’s residency during that time period. The following histories will disqualify an individual from consideration for a clinical rotation:
- felony convictions;
- misdemeanor convictions or felony deferred adjudications involving crimes against persons, e.g. physical or sexual abuse;
- misdemeanor convictions related to moral turpitude, e.g. prostitution, public lewdness/exposure, etc.;
- felony deferred adjudications for the sale, possession, distribution or transfer of narcotics or controlled substances; or
- status as a registered sex offender.
STUDENT CHECKLIST
All items in this packet must be completed and approved prior to registration.
Please bring the following documentation to the Brookhaven College Workforce and Continuing Education Health Careers Office. The Health Careers Office is located in Building W, Room W109. Business hours are, Monday – Thursday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. No appointment is necessary.
▢ Copy of High School Diploma or equivalent
▢ Brookhaven College Continuing Education-Immunization Record Form
▢ A copy of current Basic Cardiac Life Support, BCLS, for Health Care Providers completion card
▢ A copy of current personal healthcare insurance coverage card, which will cover the dates classes meet.
▢ A copy of valid U.S. or Texas State Government Issued Photo I.D. (e.g. driver’s license)
▢ Dallas County Community College District, Continuing /Workforce Education Registration Form