Class Enrollment

Phlebotomy Training Program
Date/Time:	Sat 5/10/2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM This class continues on: Sun 5/11/2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Location:	Project Heartbeat: 333 Hegenberger Road Ste. #855 Oakland, CA 94621
Class Price:	$3,000.00
Notes:	5 week part time program. (80 hours) **Due to Memorial Day weekend, this program will be 6 weeks long** May 10th - June 15th Saturday & Sunday - 8:30am to 4:30pm **No classes will be held on May 24th or 25th for Memorial Day weekend** Mandatory orientation - Tuesday, April 29th at 7pm

PHLEBOTOMY TECHNICIAN PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This program provides education for motivated individuals wanting a new career in the laboratory as a phlebotomist. The 80-hour Phlebotomy Technician program provides 80 hours lecture / in-class lab and clinical training. Onsite training will take place on campus, in the classroom / laboratory area. Students will be trained how to use blood draw equipment as well as preanalytical equipment. 

Students will be required to complete the state mandated 50 venipunctures and 10 skin punctures. By the conclusion of the course students will have a record of the required 40 clinical hours and 50 blood draws.

The course is designed to prepare the student to become a certified phlebotomist within the state of CA after successful test completion. Completion of Project Heartbeat’s Phlebotomy Training course will provide you with the skills for employment as a Certified Phlebotomy Technician.  Individuals who successfully complete the program will receive a certificate of completion from Project Heartbeat allowing students to sit for the Phlebotomy National Certification Examination. Upon passing the phlebotomy examination, graduates are eligible to apply to the state of California for their CPT1 license. State application and testing fees will apply.

Project Heartbeat’s Phlebotomy program satisfies the requirements set forth for training individuals in phlebotomy and preparing them for California certification as phlebotomists under the provisions of Chapter 3, Division 2 of the California Business and Professions Code. 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CPT-1: PHLEBOTOMY TRAINING PROGRAM CURRICULUM

Project Heartbeat’s CPT-1 training program provides 80 hours of didactic instruction and clinical lab externship.   Curriculum for didactic instruction includes:

Basic phlebotomy curriculum 

• Basic infection control, universal precautions and safety
• Basic anatomy and physiology of body systems with emphasis on the circulatory system, and appropriate medical terminology
• Proper identification of patient and specimens and the importance of accuracy in overall patient care
• Proper selection and preparation of skin puncture site, including selection of antiseptic
• Blood collection equipment, types of tubes and additives, proper order of draw when additives are required, and special precautions
• Post-puncture care
• Appropriate disposal of sharps, needles, and waste

 Advanced phlebotomy curriculum 

• Advanced infectious disease control and biohazards
• Anti-coagulation theory
• Knowledge of pre-analytical sources of error in specimen collection, transport, processing, and storage
• Anatomical site selection and patient preparation
• Risk factors and appropriate responses to complications that may arise from phlebotomy
• Recognition of problems in test requisitions, specimen transport, and processing, and corrective actions to take
• Application of basic concepts of communication, interpersonal relations, stress management, professional behavior, ethics, and legal implications of phlebotomy
• Quality assurance in phlebotomy necessary to provide accurate and reliable laboratory test results
• Legal issues related to blood collection

Project Heartbeat’s CPT-1 training program provides practical instruction in a clinical setting that provides access to patients whose blood is being tested by a clinical laboratory. The program’s curriculum for practical instruction in a clinical setting includes:

• Selection of blood collection equipment appropriate to test requisition
• Preparation of a patient and infection control
• Skin punctures for testing purposes from patients of varying ages, including pediatric and geriatric, and of varying health and obesity status
• Venipunctures from patients of varying ages, health, and obesity status
• Post-puncture care
• Processing of blood containers after collection, including centrifugation
• Proper disposal of needles, sharps, and medical waste
• Practical examination showing evidence of successful completion of the above curriculum.
• Certified Phlebotomy Technician I (CPT I) students complete in at least 40 hours a minimum of 10 skin punctures and 50 venipunctures and observe arterial punctures.

The student will be provided a certificate of completion upon successful completion of the program. The certificate will be signed by the director of the program and will include:

• Name and address of the didactic training program
• Name of the student
• Statement of satisfactory completion of the program
• Hours for each course (basic didactic, advanced didactic, and practical) of instruction
• Dates that training began and ended
• Signature of the program director

PHLEBOTOMY PROGRAM TUITION AND FEES