LQPB2302 - CMLE - HAZARDS OF BLOOD CULTURE COLLECTION: TECHNIQUES FOR OBTAINING QUALITY TEST RESULTS SAFELY

Course Description

LabQ 2023 Phlebotomy

Faculty/Authors
Sandra Murdock, DrPH, MT(ASCP)
Texas Woman’s University
Houston, Texas

CMLE Credit: 2.0
Estimated Completion Time: 2 hour
Format: Online Educational Activity and Post Exam

Instructions

To claim CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:

Review the Technical Considerations.
Click Go to Course to view an overview of the modules in this course.
Click Access to begin the course.
Review the Educational Activity.
Complete and submit the Post Exam.
Submit the course Evaluation to register your credit.

Faculty Disclosures
The faculty have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Technical Considerations

Release Date: 05/27/2023
Review Date:
Expiration Date: 12/31/2025

Course Objectives

Following completion of this activity, you will be able to:

describe key milestones in the history of the use of blood collection to cure disease;

describe the vital role of infection prevention and control and following standard precautions in phlebotomy practice when dealing with potential bloodborne pathogens;

list the appropriate steps to collect accurate blood cultures based on the latest knowledge;

identify possible causes for contamination of blood cultures during collection; and

discuss at least 3 important new behaviors for safe, quality blood culture collection.

Summary


Availability:	On-Demand


Credit Offered:	2 CMLE Credits