Phlebotomist Personal Care Workers

The procedures related to maintaining a hygienic environment within a health care setting such as hospitals and clinics. It can range from hand washing to cleaning and disinfection of medical …

The routes of transmission and methods of preventing spread of common and important infecting organisms together with the methods available for sterilisation and disinfection of pathogenic organisms in the prevention …

The processes and tools used for the analysis and dissemination of medical data through computerized systems.

The science that studies the human organs and its interactions and mechanisms.

The methods and techniques used to destroy or remove microorganisms such as viruses and bacteria that can contaminate medical instruments or any type of material in a health care setting.

The dynamic relationship of human structure and function and the muscosceletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, endocrine, urinary, reproductive, integumentary and nervous systems; normal and altered anatomy and physiology throughout the human …

The appropriate techniques for the collection of blood samples for laboratory work purposes, depending on the group of people targeted such as children or elderly.

The procedures related to collecting blood samples from volunteers, the screening testing against disease and the follow-up.

Communicate effectively with patients, families and other caregivers, health care professionals, and community partners.

Comply with the regional and national legislation that is relevant to one`s work and apply it in practice.

Make sure that healthcare users are being treated professionally, effectively and safe from harm, adapting techniques and procedures according to the person's needs, abilities or the prevailing conditions.

Communicate with clients and their carer's, with the patient's permission, to keep them informed about the clients' and patients' progress and safeguarding confidentiality.

Produce and maintain records of work performed.

Implement a set of measures to prevent and control infections, formulating and establishing health and safety procedures and policies.

Participate in the delivery of multidisciplinary health care, and understand the rules and competences of other healthcare related professions.

Follow recommended processes to collect bodily fluids or samples from patients for further laboratory testing, assisting the patient as required.

Label blood samples taken from patients in compliance with regulations and the identity of the patient.

Correctly label samples of the medical laboratory with the accurate information, according to the implemented quality system in place.

Monitor and analyse vital signs of heart, respiration, and blood pressure.

Perform venipuncture procedures by selecting a suitable site to puncture the patients` veins, preparing the puncture site, explaining the procedure to the patient, extracting the blood and collecting it in …

React accordingly when a healthcare user becomes hyper-manic, panicky, extremely distressed, agressive, violent, or suicidal, following appropriate training if working in contexts where patients go through extreme emotions regularly.

Ensure that the blood samples collected are transported safely and correctly, following strict procedures to avoid contamination

Make use of the instruments and tools such as tourniquet, alcohol wipes, gauze sponges, sterilized needles and syringes, adhesive bandages, gloves and evacuated collection tubes, used in the procedure for …

The meaning of medical terms and abbreviations, of medical prescriptions and various medical specialties and when to use it correctly.

The recommended procedure for collecting blood from babies through their heel.

The refrigeration conditions under which the blood can be properly stored, the length of time and measures applied against contamination.

The procedures involved in blood transfusions, including compatibility and disease testing, by means of which blood is transferred into blood vessels, taken from donors with the same blood type.

The classification of blood types such as group A, B, AB, 0 and their characteristics.

The paediatric blood collection procedures related to the age and specificity of the children involved, how to interact with children and their family to prepare them for the blood collection …

Communicate in foreign languages with healthcare users, their carers, or services providers. Use foreign languages to faciliate patient care according to the needs of the patient.

Respond appropriately and communicate effectively with patients with special needs such as learning disabilities and difficulties, physical disabilities, mental illness, memory loss, bereavement, terminal illness, distress or anger.