This is a four credit hour course which consists of lecture and laboratory practice in the proper collection of laboratory specimens. The lecture and lab sessions include terminology, anatomy and physiology appropriate to phlebotomy, phlebotomy techniques, safety, quality control, attitudes, and professionalism. It provides proper job skills for effective functioning as part of the medical lab team and includes instruction, demonstration, and clinical practice of blood collection, and communication techniques consistent with standards of competency.
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Catalog description: This is a 4-credit-hour course which consists of lecture and laboratory practice in the proper collection of laboratory specimens. The lecture and lab sessions include terminology, anatomy and physiology, phlebotomy techniques, electrocardiography, safety, quality control, attitudes, communication skills and professionalism appropriate to phlebotomy. It provides proper job skills for effective functioning as a part of the medical lab team and includes instruction, demonstration and clinical practice of blood collection, electrocardiogram, and communications skills consistent with standards of competency.
Faculty Contact Information
Office Location/Office hours
I do not have office hours. I ask that if you need to contact me please do so via email or text during normal work hours Monday - Friday 6:00am-4:00pm. Above you will find my cell number and personal email for emergent questions or issues please feel free to one of those. If you are submitting any homework via email please do so using my KCC email address.
College Resources
Tutoring Services
Tutoring assistance is free to all currently enrolled KCC students. Our tutor program is certified by the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA). For schedules, resources and other helpful information, go to www.kcc.edu/tutoring.
Office of Disability Services
KCC works closely with students and instructors to accommodate individual student learning needs. For the services they offer, their contact information and other helpful information, go to www.kcc.edu/disabilityservices.
Miner Memorial Library
The Miner Memorial Library provides a variety of services free to students. For the services they offer, their hours of operation and other helpful information, go to www.kcc.edu/library.
Student Supports
Food for Thought, the KCC Food Pantry located in R312, is available to all students regardless of financial need. It offers students non-perishable foods, snacks, personal hygiene products and frozen lunches. Hours will vary by semester; email foodpantry@kcc.edu for more information or to volunteer.
Transformative Growth Counseling provides on campus counseling services for students, including the first five sessions free of charge. For more information phone 630-731-2125 or email stephanie@transformativegrowth.org.
Course Information
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Describe the duties and responsibilities of the phlebotomist in the health care delivery system.
- Demonstrate basic understanding of the anatomy and physiology of body systems and medical terminology as it relates to the major areas of the clinical laboratory.
- Identify the equipment and supplies utilized in blood and non-blood specimen collection and describe the methods of processing and handling.
- Apply proper technique in collection of blood by venipunctures, capillary and arterial procedures.
- Phlebotomy Past/Present
- Healthcare Setting
- Quality Assurance and Legal Issues
- Infection Control/Safety
- Blood Collection Equipment
- Order of Draw/Tube Volumes
- Venipuncture Procedures
- Pre-analytical Considerations
- Circulatory System
- Hematology Department
- Coagulation Department
- Urinalysis Department
- Chemistry Department
- Toxicology Department
- Dermal Punctures
- Immunology Department
- Immunohematology/Blood Bank Department
- Microbiology Department
- Arterial Blood Collection
- Handling & Processing
- Quality Control
Textbook(s) and/or Course Materials
- Required:
- Phlebotomy Essentials 8th ed. By: Ruth E. McCall,
- Phlebotomy Lab Manual – available in KCC bookstore
- Recommended only:
- Student Workbook for Phlebotomy Essentials 8th
- ASCP BOC Study Guide for Phlebotomy; 2nd Ed
SUPPLY LIST
- Lab Coat – can be ordered through the bookstore or purchased separately, needed by week 2.
- Closed toe shoes (entire top of foot must be covered) – during lab draw days
Evaluation
| Grade Scale | Weighted Grades | ||
| 100-92 | A | 6 exams 50% | |
| 91-83 | B | Weekly Homework & Attendance 10% | |
| 82-75 | C | Weekly Labs, venipunctures & Lab Final Exam 30% | |
| 74-65 | D | Written Final Exam 10% | |
| < 65 | F | 100% |
Health Careers
Dean, Brad Wood; 815-802-8815; M107; bwood@kcc.edu; Division Office – W102; 815-802-8800
Course Policies
- Cell phones: using and sending/receiving text messages will be perceived as a classroom interruption and will be counted as an absent and loss of in class points, if any, for the day. The student will not be notified of the loss of the day or in class points.
- Timeliness: Students are expected to come to class on time, when the class is scheduled to start. Coming to class late two times is considered equivalent to one (1) absence from class. For example, if a student comes to class late four times, this will be counted as two absences. Students coming to class ten (10) or more minutes past the class start time are considered late.
- Absences: Students will be counted absent from class and/or lab beginning the first day of class. The instructor keeps daily attendance. More than two (2) absences over the semester will result in a 10% deduction of total overall points. Absences will be considered as unexcused regardless of the reason for the absence.
- Extra credit: Students can earn extra credit in this course in the following manner. A student who has NO ABSENCES during the entire semester will earn ten (10) extra credit points added to his or her overall point total. A student who has only 1 tardy will earn five (5) extra credit points added to his or her overall point total.
- Exams: Exams will be taken in class in the computer lab. Some exams will be taken online using LockDown Browser and Respondus monitor. These software require the use of video from a built in camera or webcam during exams. This software is available for Windows, Mac, and IPads but is not available on Chromebook or Mobile device. All exams must be taken by the scheduled due date except in the case of a catastrophic event. All exams must be taken before the next class meeting. Arrangements must be made with the instructor as soon as possible in order to complete the paper work needed to take a missed exam. A 10% reduction in the exam grade is given for each day the exam is not taken past the deadline.
- Labs: Missed lab time or lab exercises cannot be made up. NO EXCEPTIONS. (Note: This does not include venipuncture practice times. You can schedule time with instructor during office hours.)
- Participation: in lecture and lab is MANDATORY. Students unable to submit to venipunctures and dermal puncture procedures are advised to drop (withdraw) from the class. Please discuss extenuating circumstances with the instructor.
Student Responsibility:
- Students are to check in to Canvas daily Monday – Friday
- Students need to obtain a reliable internet source for use during course exams. KCC library has laptops to checkout, the bookstore has HotSpots and laptops, and many places in town offer free WiFi.
- Students are responsible for all material presented or assigned during class.
- If a student is unable to attend all or part of a class session, that student is responsible for obtaining any information that he or she missed from one of his or her classmates.
- Students are responsible for the content of the course.
- Students should plan to direct questions to the instructor about course policies or topics to be covered on tests in a timely fashion.
- Students must perform twenty two (22) venipunctures in the student lab with 80% success rate to pass the course: Sixteen(16) vacutainer draws; Three (3) syringe draws; Three (3) butterfly draws.
- Students must perform twenty two (22) venipunctures in the student lab with 80% success rate to pass the course in order to pass the course with a “C.”
- Students must earn a minimum of a C on the final lab practical exam in order to pass the course with a grade of “C.”
Instructor Responsibility:
- The instructor will return any calls/emails/texts Monday through Friday during business hours within 24 hours. Friday evening through Sunday calls/emails/texts will be answered on Monday.
- Texting the Instructor is meant for short, brief, emergency type messages. Text messages will be responded to in a timely manner Monday through Friday. Friday evening through Sunday will only have response to an emergency basis.
- The instructor may be unable to respond to questions posted the night before or day that a course requirement is due.
- The instructor, as well as the department staff, are not available to answer questions over holidays and days that KCC offices are closed.
- The instructor will grade all assignments within 5 days.
Laboratory Safety
- No food or drink allowed in the classroom or M139 lab.
- Clean countertops before and after class as necessary.
- All students must wear a lab coat, gloves, and closed toe shoes during labs that require the use of biological specimens or performing venipuncture.
- Any accident must be reported to the instructor immediately.
- Absolutely no lab equipment or supplies are permitted to be used outside of M139. No exceptions.
- Follow all instructions for needle, sharps, and bio-hazardous material disposal. Any breach in safety procedures can put everyone in the classroom at risk. As a result, any student not properly disposing of any needle in the puncture-proof biohazard containers on a single stick will not be allowed to count that stick as successful. Serious or repeated breaches of any safety instructions during any lab exercise can result in a student’s dismissal from the class. Students dismissed from class will be counted as absent and will not receive any applicable points for that lab.
- Universal precautions must be followed at all times. This means that any and all blood or body fluids should be treated as potentially infectious.
- The instructor must be present when students are performing venipunctures, dermal punctures, or bleeding times.
- The instructor must sign off on each of the required 22 venipunctures for each student.
- No small children are allowed in the classroom or lab at any time for any reason. This policy is for the safety of the children and must be strictly adhered to.
- Volunteers for venipunctures must be at least 18 years old. No exceptions. Students bringing in volunteers must be able to verify the age (Driver’s license) of the volunteer and attest to the volunteer’s mental and physical ability to submit to a venipuncture procedure. Students must ask permission to bring volunteers into a lab session. Volunteers are not allowed to bring children with them into the lab. Each student is allowed to bring in no more than two (2) volunteers per class session. At the instructor’s discretion, volunteers can be denied entry into the lab when many volunteers are present. (Note: Extra volunteers can be drawn following class during office hours)
Standard Precautions: Any and all blood or body fluids and equipment should be considered as potentially infectious
Use of Artificial Intelligence:
AI Usage Statement
AI tools can be valuable resources for learning, exploration, and developing ideas. In this course, you may use AI for instructor-approved purposes, including brainstorming, feedback, and exploring different perspectives. When AI use is permitted, you are expected to critically evaluate and verify its output and to disclose how you used it.
AI should support—not replace—your own thinking, analysis, and learning. You remain responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of all work you submit. Specific assignments may include AI as part of the learning process, while others may require you to work without AI. Always follow the AI-use expectations provided for each assignment.
- Permitted uses: brainstorming, generating questions, receiving feedback, exploring alternative explanations, and other instructor-approved uses.
- Integrated AI activities: when assigned, students may use AI to generate or analyze material and then critique its accuracy, assumptions, biases, and limitations.
- Disclosure: students briefly identify which AI tool they used, what they used it for, and how they incorporated or modified its output.
- Human responsibility: students are responsible for the accuracy, originality, citations, and reasoning in their submitted work—even when AI was involved.
- Verification: students should independently verify factual claims, citations, calculations, quotations, and other AI-generated information.
- Privacy: students should not enter confidential, personally identifiable, or sensitive information into AI systems.
- Boundaries: AI should not substitute for the student's own analysis or be used on assignments where the instructor explicitly requires unaided work.
In the event of an emergency college closing when a class/lab is scheduled, the session will need to be made up when the classroom is available and at the discretion of the instructor. The instructor will be available via KCC email in the event of a Canvas outage.
Students caught using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, or study aids during any academic exercise or examination, an F will automatically be given for the course.
**Certification Information
Students who are interested in becoming certified in Phlebotomy by a national accrediting agency (American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP)) will need to complete HLTH 1412, Phlebotomy Practicum, within 13 months of completion of this course. Please consult the college catalog for more information about HLTH 1412. Students who take HLTH 1412 are required to have a physical exam, criminal background check without disqualifying convictions and a negative drug screen along with up to date vaccinations and TB skin test.
College Policies, Resources and Supports
For information related to the Student Code of Conduct Policy, Withdrawal Policy, Email Policy, and Non- Attendance/Non-Participation Policy, please review the college’s Code of Campus Affairs and Regulations webpage, which can be found at catalog.kcc.edu under the Academic Regulations & Conduct Guide.
KCC offers various academic and personal resources for all students. Many services are offered virtually, as well as in person. Please visit Student Resources - Kankakee Community College to access student resources services such as:
- Clubs and organizations
- Counseling and referral services
- Office of disability services
- Student complaint policy
- Transfer services
- Tutoring services, etc.
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