CPT Study Path

17 units · Study guides + quizzes per topic

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Unit 1: Intro to Phlebotomy

🩸What is Phlebotomy
📋Duties & Responsibilities
🤝Professional Behavior
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Unit 2: Anatomy for Phlebotomy

🫀Vein Identification
💪Best Veins for Draw
⚠️Avoiding Nerves & Arteries
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Unit 3: Equipment & Supplies

💉Needle Types
🧪Tube Colors & Additives 🔥
🛠️Equipment Setup
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Unit 4: Venipuncture Procedure

MOST IMPORTANT
✨ Mist Edition
🪪Patient Identification
🧼Preparing the Site
🩸Performing Venipuncture
📊Order of Draw 🔥
🩹Post-Procedure Care
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Unit 5: Capillary Collection

👆Fingerstick Steps
📍Site Selection
❌Avoiding Errors
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Unit 6: Specimen Handling

🏷️Labeling Rules
🧊Specimen Storage
☀️Special Handling
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Unit 7: Safety & Infection Control

🛡️OSHA & Bloodborne Pathogens
🗑️Sharps Safety
🚨Exposure Protocol
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Unit 8: Complications & Errors

⚠️What Can Go Wrong
🔧How to Fix It
🛑When to Stop
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Unit 9: Special Collections

🦠Blood Culture Technique
🍬Glucose Testing
⏱️Timed Draws
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Unit 11: Order of Draw Deep Dive 🔥

✨ Mist Edition
📊Full Order of Draw
🧪Additives & Purpose
☣️Contamination Risks
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Unit 12: Tube Additives & Tests

🟣EDTA & Hematology
🟢Heparin & Chemistry
🔵Citrate & Fluoride
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Unit 13: Special Patient Populations

👶Pediatrics & Heelstick
👴Elderly Patients
🔍Obese & Difficult Draws
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Unit 14: Legal & Ethical

✨ Mist Edition
✍️Consent & Refusal
⚖️Patient Rights
📄Documentation
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Unit 15: Quality Control & Errors

🩸Hemolysis & Clotting
🏷️Labeling Errors
🔄Recollection Procedures
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Unit 16: Point-of-Care Testing

📟Glucose Meters
✅Quality Checks & Calibration
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Unit 17: Lab Processing

🌀Centrifuge Use
🧬Serum vs Plasma
⏰Processing & Timing
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Unit 18: Blood Typing & Transfusion Basics 🔥

✨ Mist Edition
🅰️ABO Blood Typing
➕Rh Factor & Compatibility
⚠️Transfusion Reactions