Student Handbook
Welcome

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Welcome to the Clinical Laboratory Science Programs! You're beginning an interesting and exciting career. Remember that more than 70% of the decisions made by doctors are based on the results of laboratory testing. You’ll be doing important work, whether you are employed by a hospital laboratory, a blood donor center, a research laboratory, or in industry.

In the Phlebotomy certificate program, you’ll learn how to collect, transport, and process the blood specimens and other samples that are needed to perform laboratory tests. In as little as one semester plus four weeks, you can be eligible for employment and national certification as a phlebotomy technician.

In the Medical Laboratory Technician and Medical Technology programs, you’ll learn how to identify which bacteria are causing infection, how to provide blood products for patients needing transfusion, how to identify the blood cells that cause leukemia, and how to detect and measure chemicals in the blood such as cholesterol, drugs, and hormones. Then you’ll be assigned to a clinical affiliate for more practice in an actual clinical laboratory.

These are not an easy programs – you’ll spend long hours in classes and labs. But you’ll be joining some of the best and nicest students in the university. You’ll make friends among both students and faculty. We all work together to help you succeed.

Although you’ll be assigned to one academic advisor when you enter the program, please feel free to ask any of the program faculty for help or information. We all want you to learn, prosper, and thrive in the clinical laboratory. This handbook provides some of the information you need. Keep it handy. You’ll get a new copy every year until you finish the program