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.
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:
- View the module.
- Participate in the activities.
- Complete the posttest and evaluation that is linked to the final slide of the module.
- 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.