Technician
Phlebotomy technician program
A phlebotomy technician program trains the person who collects the specimen. It does not train a nurse, a medical laboratory scientist, or a medical assistant unless the program says so.
On the job, a phlebotomy technician identifies the patient, chooses the site, draws the specimen, labels it at the side of the patient, and keeps the chain of the sample intact. Schools that add customer-service practice are teaching the part of the shift that is not the needle.
Job titles vary: phlebotomist, phlebotomy technician, patient service technician, laboratory assistant. Read the posting. Some “lab assistant” roles expect processing skills this program does not teach.
If the listing is a duo program, you are buying two curricula. That can help if the local jobs are written that way. It is a poor fit if you only needed the draw.
States and territories
- Alabama 11
- Alaska 3
- Arizona 32
- Arkansas 31
- California 305
- Colorado 22
- Connecticut 22
- Delaware 8
- Florida 172
- Georgia 54
- Guam 1
- Hawaii 1
- Idaho 7
- Illinois 64
- Indiana 64
- Iowa 12
- Kansas 13
- Kentucky 21
- Louisiana 58
- Maine 14
- Maryland 13
- Massachusetts 22
- Michigan 63
- Minnesota 20
- Mississippi 15
- Missouri 30
- Montana 8
- Nebraska 4
- Nevada 17
- New Hampshire 10
- New Jersey 18
- New Mexico 16
- New York 82
- North Carolina 62
- North Dakota 2
- Ohio 133
- Oklahoma 10
- Oregon 14
- Pennsylvania 36
- Rhode Island 4
- South Carolina 16
- South Dakota 3
- Tennessee 33
- Texas 170
- U.S. Virgin Islands 3
- Utah 15
- Vermont 1
- Virginia 40
- Washington 34
- West Virginia 14
- Wisconsin 20
- Wyoming 4
Questions
Is a phlebotomy technician the same as a phlebotomist?
In job ads, the words are often interchangeable. Confirm the duties, not the title.
Will this program let me run lab instruments?
Not by itself. Instrument work belongs to other training. Phlebotomy is the collection step.