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Venipuncture Course

What will I learn?

Learn how to properly take blood like a pro with our full course made for healthcare workers. We go through all the important rules and best ways to do it, including step-by-step how to do it, what equipment to use, and how to get the patient ready. Improve your skills in keeping things safe and clean, stopping infections, and throwing things away properly. Learn how to deal with problems that come up and think about how to do things better next time. Learn how to look after the patient after taking blood, from labeling the sample to giving aftercare advice, making sure you talk to the patient well and understand them.

Apoia's Unique Features

Online course accessible for life
Certificate compliant with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online support always available
Select and arrange the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, without needing internet access

Develop skills

Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below

Learn how to take blood properly: Get good at putting the needle in and collecting the blood.

Keep patients safe: Use proper hygiene and infection control methods.

Use equipment properly: Choose and look after the blood taking tools you need.

Talk to patients better: Explain what you are doing and check who they are properly.

Deal with problems: Learn ways to handle common blood taking problems.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.