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LQPB2501 - CMLE - Therapeutic Phlebotomy to Treat Testosterone Therapy-Induced Erythrocytosis
Course Description

LabQ 2025 Clinical Laboratory: Phlebotomy  

Faculty/Authors

Cristina A. Figueroa Villalba, MD1
Sara Patterson, BSN, RN, OCN2
Christopher A. Tormey, MD1 

1Department of Laboratory Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
2Yale New-Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut 


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:

  1. Review the Technical Considerations.
  2. Click Go to Course to view an overview of the modules in this course.
  3. Click Access to begin the course.
  4. Review the Educational Activity.
  5. Complete and submit the Post Exam.
  6. 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: 7/31/2025  
Review Date:
Expiration Date: 12/31/2027  

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

  • recognize the indications for therapeutic phlebotomy; 

  • describe the therapeutic phlebotomy procedure; 

  • identify the implications of testosterone therapy-induced erythrocytosis; and 

  • distinguish when products arising from therapeutic phlebotomy can be used for blood donation. 

Summary
Availability:
On-Demand
Credit Offered:
2 CMLE Credits
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