Cost of Class:

• Tuition/Registration: $180
• Text: $100 (subject to change)
• Cost of CPR card: $5
• Liability insurance: $13
• Optional accident insurance: $1.20

Admissions Requirements:

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Provide proof of high school completion (high school transcripts, copy of high school diploma, or copy of completion of GED requirements)
• Provide documentation of complete immunization records including proof of MMR 1 and 2 or individual titers, current TB test, varicella infection by medical record, varicella titer, or varicella immunization if titer is negative, proof of hepatitis B vaccine (completed dose 1, 2, and 3) or signed MCC waiver prior to clinical start date
• Tetanus and flu shots for some clinical sites

Training Includes:

• Verifying test requisitions and patient identification
• Obtaining blood specimens by performing venipunctures and finger sticks
• Maintaining specimen integrity
• Tracking collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection
• Maintaining daily tallies of collections performed
• Maintaining quality results by following department procedures and testing schedule
• Recording results in the quality-control log
• Identifying and reporting needed changes
• Maintaining a safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following standards and procedures
• Complying with legal regulations
• Serving and protecting the hospital community by adhering to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements
• Development of communication skills for working with patients
• Maintaining equipment
• 6 hours of Customer Service
• 6 hours of exam prep

Other Fees:

• Certification exam: $90
• Drug screening for clinical site
• Background check for clinical site

Students in the program may get help paying for class by calling 828.766.1297.