If you’re looking for a relatively quick way to enter a career in healthcare, earning your phlebotomy certificate can be the answer. Phlebotomists can draw blood from patients via venipuncture and are employed in a wide variety of healthcare settings. Sacramento has numerous jobs for phlebotomists, and Campus Sacramento offers a Phlebotomy program that will help you earn your Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT I) certificate. Let’s look at some of the places phlebotomists can work in the Sacramento region.
Hospitals
In the Sacramento area, there are networks of hospitals that all need qualified phlebotomists to draw blood from patients for diagnostic testing. UC Davis Health, Sutter Health, Methodist Hospital, Dignity Health, and Kaiser Permanente are just a few of the hospitals that rely heavily on phlebotomy technicians to draw blood, label samples, and send samples to diagnostic testing.
Diagnostic Labs
There are a few diagnostic labs in the Sacramento area that collect patient samples, including blood, and run them through various testing. Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp are two that have several locations in the Sacramento area. Phlebotomists are needed at these locations to draw blood from patients for testing.
Blood or Plasma Donation Centers
One major area where phlebotomists are needed in Sacramento is at blood or plasma donation centers. Blood donation centers collect blood from donors for use in surgical and hospital settings. Blood can only be used for a certain amount of time after donation, so new donors are always needed. Vitalant Blood Donation and CGT Global blood donation centers both have several donation centers in the Sacramento area, and they always need CPT I certified phlebotomists.
Plasma donation centers collect plasma from the blood, then return the red blood cells and other cells to the donor. There are certain proteins in plasma that can only be manufactured by the human body that are used to make numerous types of medicine. Some notable plasma donation centers in and around Sacramento include Octapharma Plasma, CSL Plasma, and BioLife Plasma Services. In these donation centers, phlebotomists test patients for blood protein using a finger stick. If they pass, they donate plasma, and when the process is finished, the red blood cells are returned to their bloodstream and the plasma is processed by diagnostic lab technicians inside the center.
Mobile Phlebotomy Labs
If you’re a patient that finds it difficult to go to the hospital or diagnostic lab, there are mobile phlebotomy services that come to you to draw blood for samples. The most common use cases for this are elderly, geriatric, or otherwise homebound patients where it is too cumbersome to travel to the medical facility; and people who cannot take time off work during medical lab hours. These mobile services need phlebotomists who can travel throughout the Sacramento region each day to collect blood from patients for diagnostic testing. Some of the companies that do mobile phlebotomy in Sacramento are Nusab Mobile Labs, Hands of Care Mobile Phlebotomy, Vein Express, Butterfly Stick Mobile Phlebotomy, and EasyStiks.
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Medical Laboratories and Research
Medical research companies such as StemExpress (part of CGT Global) need phlebotomists in a hospital setting to collect specific types of blood for cutting edge research. These companies specialize in stem cell research and other medical research to find new treatments for patients. Some of the types of blood they rely on phlebotomists to collect are peripheral blood, maternal blood, and cord blood. These technicians work alongside doctors and nurses in the hospital to collect blood from patients who agree to donate the blood to medical research.
Start Your Healthcare Career with a Phlebotomy Certificate through Campus Sacramento
If you want to earn your CPT I certification and start your career in phlebotomy, Campus has a great Phlebotomy program here in Sacramento. We also have a Medical Assisting with Phlebotomy program to help you earn both certifications and start your healthcare career. For more information on start dates, curriculum, or financial aid, contact our Admissions team or call 888-675-2460.
