Knowledge Certificates
Enhance your skills and build your resume! CSMLS is proud to offer new certificates that are available through our Learning Services. Discipline-specific and interdisciplinary certificates are available with more certificates in development. To qualify for a Learning Services Certificate, members must keep track of individual courses completed. Required courses for refresher and basic certificates must be completed within the last two (2) years and for advanced certificates within the last three (3) years.
When Knowledge Certificate requirements are completed, please notify Learning Services.
Certificates are available in three levels: Refresher, Basic and Advanced
Refresher
Certificate in Transfusion Medicine Refresher
Certificate Requirement
- Transfusion Medicine Refresher Course (4336)
Elective Requirements
Two of the following:
- Overview of Common Blood Group Systems (9812)
- Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn (9860)
- ABO Discrepancies: A Systematic Approach to Resolve Serological Problems (9835)
- Plasma Fractions (9856)
Basic
Certificate in Phlebotomy Essentials
Certificate Requirements
- Basic Venipuncture (9912)
- Delivering World-Class Customer Service (9910)
- Preventing Pre-Analytical Errors (9913)
- Skin Punctures and Newborn Screens (9914)
- Successful Strategies for Difficult Draws(9911)
Certificate in Basic Microbiology
Certificate Requirements
- Anaerobic Bacteriology Part 1: An Introduction to Anaerobic Bacteriology (4878)
- Anaerobic Bacteriology Part 2: Methods and Identification (4879)
Elective Requirements
Two of the following:
- Staphylococci (9813)
- Streptococci (9814)
- Enterobacteriaceae (9830)
- Enterobacteriaceae: Media and Identification Tests (9831)
- Neisseria and Moraxella (9821)
- Fastidious Gram Negative Rods (9820)
- Miscellaneous Gram Positive Rods (9828)
Certificate in Laboratory Safety
Certificate Requirements
- Laboratory Safety 1: Introduction, Overview, General Occupational Hygiene and Biosafety (4916)
- Laboratory Safety 2: Chemical and Physical Agents (4917)
- Laboratory Safety 3: Special Subjects in Laboratory Safety (4918)
- Laboratory Safety 4: Fundamentals of Laboratory Safety (4919)
Advanced
Certificate in Quality Systems
Certificate Requirements
- Quality Systems for the Clinical Laboratory 1 (Introduction) (4668)
- Quality Systems for the Clinical Laboratory 2 (Planning/Design) (4669)
- Quality Systems for the Clinical Laboratory 3 (Implementation) (4670)