Certificate in Phlebotomy Assistance (CPHA)

Programme Overview

The Phlebotomy Assistant program is a short duration skill based training program, with an objective to develop a pool of trained workforce which can be employed by diagnostic/ healthcare service providers to assist medical laboratory technologist/pathologist. This program focuses on the acquisition of skills necessary to draw quality blood samples from patients, storage & transport to laboratory for medical testing.

Objectives

The program aims at making a student competent to perform the following skills:

•  Demonstrate the ability to collect. Storage, transport, receive, accept or reject and store blood, etc.
•  Practice infection control measures including collection, segregation, storage, transportation and disposal of the Biomedical Waste in the lab/unit, techniques to maintain the personal hygiene & use of the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at work place.
•  Demonstrate Basic Life Support (BLS) measures & first aid in the event of emergencies.
• Minimum Duration : 6 Months
• Maximum Duration : 2 Years
• Course Fee : Rs 7,500
• Minimum Age : No bar
• Maximum Age : No bar
• Eligibility : 12th Pass with Science

Delhi govt to come up with more vocational training centres

In order to promote skill-based education, Delhi government is in process of opening new vocational training centres and strengthening the existing ones, Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said here on Monday.

Sisodia, who is also the Education Minister, made the remarks during a meeting with a visiting delegation from Australia and senior officials of the Department of Education who discussed setting up of training institutes to enhance the training of educators and improve vocational courses and skill development programmes in the national capital.