Established in 1973, Bunker Hill Community College is a two-year community college in the Massachusetts metropolis of Boston. The college features associate degree and certificate academic programs in areas ranging from computer information technology and culinary arts, to science and psychology. Bunker Hill's programs in the allied health sciences include the Phlebotomy Technician Certificate program. The curriculum includes courses like Clinical Laboratory Procedures, Phlebotomy Theory/Lab and Health Employment Issues, designed to prepare graduates for performing venipuncture blood collection, basic computer skills and EKG processes. Admissions prerequisites include a high school diploma or GED and completion of college level placement exams in mathematics and English.
Bunker Hill Community College
250 New Rutherford Ave.
Boston, Mass. 02129
617-228-2000
bhcc.mass.edu
Des Moines Area Community College's flagship campus is located in the suburban Iowa city of Ankeny in metropolitan Des Moines. Established in 1966, today the college offers more than 130 associate degree and certificate programs on campuses throughout the greater Des Moines area. The college's Phlebotomy Specialist Certificate program can be completed within 13 weeks. Students matriculated into the program take two courses: Principles of Phlebotomy and Phlebotomy Clinical. The short program prepares graduates to work as phlebotomy technicians in hospitals and clinics, or to make house calls. Prior to being admitted into the program, students must possess a high school diploma or GED equivalent and obtain program chair approval.
Des Moines Area Community College
2006 South Ankeny Blvd.
Ankeny, Iowa 50023
515-964-6200
dmacc.edu
Pueblo Community College is a public two-year community college in the populous central Colorado city of Pueblo. Founded in 1933, Pueblo was then known as Southern Colorado Junior College. Now part of the Colorado Community College System, today the college features more than 50 associate degree and certificate programs, and specializes in health care education. Pueblo's Phlebotomy Technician "Mini-Certificate" program consists of two courses, and can be completed within a single semester. Advanced Phlebotomy and Phlebotomy, Specimen Collection, Specimen Processing are the courses required for successful completion of the program. Students admitted to Pueblo's phlebotomy certificate program are randomly drawn from a pool of applicants that qualify based upon assessment test scores. The phlebotomy curriculum exposes students to pertinent aspects of the field, including venipuncture and infection control, as well laboratory computer systems through lectures, laboratory work and clinical experience at area pharmacies.
Pueblo Community College
900 West Orman Ave.
Pueblo, Colo. 81004-1499
719-549-3200
pueblocc.edu