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NEW FOR JANUARY 2003!

Earn your Advanced Phlebotomy Certification Online!

Become a "Certified Phlebotomy Technician" Today!

Thank you for your interest in the Medtexx Phlebotomy Online Certification Exam.  This test was devised for those individuals who have already acquired the proper training and experience in  Phlebotomy, but are not certified.  This  is a written exam, covering all aspects of phlebotomy (basic and advanced), with emphasis on Safety Techniques and Special Procedures, and will last for approximately 3 hours.  You must pass the written exam with no less than 80%.  A certificate will be awarded to those who successfully pass the exam.  You may want to consider purchasing the Medtexx Phlebotomy Book in order to prepare for the test. 

The following is an outline of the topics covered within the exam:

  •         Standard Venipuncture

  •         Order Forms/Requisitions

  •         Equipment

  •         Labeling of Specimens

  •         Tubes

  •         Order of Draw

  •         Procedural Issues

  •         Vein Selection

  •         Site Selection

  •         Finger sticks

  •         Possible Complications

  •         Medical Terminology

  •         Infection Prevention & Control

  •         Safety Techniques

  •         Common Transmittable Diseases

  •         Special Procedures:  Butterflies, Bleeding Time Tests (with knowledge of Ivy Method), Glucose Tolerance Tests, Arterial Draws (Blood Gases), Cold Agglutatin Tests, Blood Cultures, Fibrin Degradation Products (with knowledge of Thrombo-Wellco Test), Burn Victims

  •         Pediatrics

 The written exam contains 100 questions.  No partial credit will be given to large questions...they will either be correct or incorrect.  The exam cost is $100 to non-Medtexx Phlebotomists; $50 for Medtexx Certified Phlebotomists.  This exam will not in any way replace the Phlebotomy Recertification Workshop for Medtexx Certified Phlebotomists.  If you should fail the  exam, you will be permitted to retake it up to 4 times within a 12 month period.  The cost will remain the same each time.  Contact Medtexx with any questions.