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The activities of a phlebotomist are called phlebotomy. The phlebotomists work in a laboratory or in a hospital. Their duty is to draw the blood of patient and do some manual tests on it. After completing manual tests, phlebotomists put the blood sample in an automatic analyzer to perform further testes and may have to stand in front of this machine for several hours. Whenever somebody wants to donate blood the phlebotomist will take his blood and perform all the important tests to ensure that the blood disease free and can be used for patients. Apart from this when somebody needs blood these phlebotomists match make the blood samples of the donor and recipient of blood and then advise accordingly. If we talk about the admission requirements of a training program of phlebotomists, then there are no requirements although a high school diploma is appreciated. The phlebotomy training program gives you knowledge about the role of phlebotomists, professional standards, code of practice, methods of blood drawing, tests and procedures, and the safety measures while blood collection. Most of the training of phlebotomist is done on the job by collecting blood samples from the people of different age groups under the close supervision of professional doctors. If you want to start your training program then there are many Medical colleges offering these courses. These training programs are usually completed in 12 months but now some colleges have cut this course down to just 4 months and now you can become a phlebotomist in 4 years. These institutes hire very skilled, professional and highly qualified doctors to teach the above mentioned modules and techniques. If do not like to go to these colleges, you can also get your phlebotomy training on the internet. There are many websites which offer you to take your classes online without any time restrictions. It is suggested that before taking admission in an online or real college, one must check its accreditation with the recognized association. After the finishing the training the candidates of phlebotomists appears in an exam to get certified. The major associations which issue this certification are AMT (American Medical Technologists), ASCP (American Society of Clinical Pathologists), AAMP (American Association of Medical Personnel) and NCA (National Credentialing Agency). This certification is valid for few weeks and to keep the certification valid one has to keep working or give the certification exam after few weeks.When you will get your certification you will be able to start your work as certified phlebotomists. Few years back, there was no concept of phlebotomist training course and all the phlebotomists were trained on the job. There are many old phlebotomists still, who does not have certification but are working in big organizations because of their experience. The phlebotomists can earn from 15 to 50 thousand dollars per year. You might be thinking that why so much variation is there; well, the profession of phlebotomists largely depends on the experience so the main reason behind this variation is experience and other factors include the size of organizations and training institute.
