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Specimen Integrity and Processing

MODULE 4

This module will investigate the variables influencing successful blood draws and their potential impact on laboratory outcomes, Quality Assurance principles, the regulatory agencies ensuring patient and healthcare worker safety, and the organizational structure of laboratory roles and responsibilities.


Released: April 1, 2025
Expires: April 1, 2027

Module

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the controllable and uncontrollable preanalytical variables.
  • Summarize the basics of specimen processing.
  • Examine the importance of Quality Assurance in phlebotomy.
  • Compare the regulatory agencies that guide the phlebotomy clinical practice.
  • Name the general clinical laboratory job roles and responsibilities.

Level of Instruction

  • Intermediate

Disclaimer

  • Please follow your institution’s standard operating procedures (SOPs). We recognize there are variables associated with phlebotomy processes that are specific to individual institutions. The material presented here may not align with all institutional practices. Continue to follow your institution’s guidelines, procedures, and policies.

Disclosures

Listed below are individuals with control of the content of this program who have disclosed...

Relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies:

None

No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies:

Becca J. Jacobson

Training Program Coordinator

Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences

Phlebotomy Education

Credit

The following types of credit are offered for Module 4: Specimen Integrity and Processing

ASCLS P.A.C.E.®

State of Florida

To obtain credit:

  1. View the module.
  2. Participate in the activities.
  3. Complete the posttest and evaluation that is linked to the final slide of the module.
  4. Generate and print your certificate.

ASCLS P.A.C.E.®

Mayo Clinic Laboratories is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the Clinical Laboratory Sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® program. This program has been approved for a maximum of 1.0 P.A.C.E® contact hour. Level of instruction for this program is intermediate.

State of Florida

Mayo Clinic Laboratories is approved as a Continuing Education Accrediting Agency for the clinical laboratory sciences for the State of Florida. Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel has designated this program for Supervision/Administration, Quality Control/Quality Assurance, and Safety  credit. This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hour.

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