Contact Information:
Andrea Thompson
Instructor
thompsona@bartonccc.edu
(620) 792-9352
Cheryl Lippert
MLT Director/Instructor
lippertc@bartonccc.edu
(620) 786-1133
Learn more about a career as a Medical Laboratory Technician!
Phlebotomy
What does a Phlebotomist do?
- Collect blood specimens for laboratory analysis
- Proper collection and handling of specimens is the critical first step toward providing Physicians with information that can aid in diagnosis and treatment.
- Excellent career or the bridge to other heath careers
What Barton Offers:
- Certificate (4 credit hours)
- Hands-on training experience
- Students are eligible for national certification as a Phlebotomy Technician
Why Barton’s Phlebotomist Training?
- Courses are taught by certified Medical Technologists with years of experience in the field
- Convenient and flexible course offerings: on-campus and Hybrid online
Occupational Outlook and Earnings:
- Employment of clinical laboratory workers is supposed to grow faster than average between now and 2014 at a rate of eighteen to twenty-six percent.
- Technological advances will encourage additional testing which will require more employment of technicians like Phlebotomists to perform simple procedures. Source: HealthCare – Training Center.com
- According to the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, phlebotomist shifts are the hardest to fill, with a twenty-five percent employment vacancy.
- According to the American Society for Clinical Pathology, the median hourly wage for Phlebotomists in 2005 was $11.70 at hospitals, $12.15 with private clinics and $11.25 in physician’s office laboratories.
