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From submitting your application to admission to registration, Northwood Tech is available to help guide you through the admissions process. To help you successfully complete this program, Northwood Tech has developed a set of program requirements and functional ability criteria. For students with a disability, reasonable accommodations are available to help you be successful in the program of your choice.
Admission Requirements
The first step to get admitted is to fill out a Northwood Tech application (no application fee required), and Northwood Tech will guide you from there. If you're not quite ready to become a student, visit a campus to get the full Northwood Tech experience. A campus tour will give you the opportunity to meet staff, instructors and students, tour the campus and get a real feel for the campus culture.
- Complete Online application/registration process and submit registration fee
- Have earned a high school diploma or GED certificate; current high school seniors must provide both a current high school transcript and a final (official) transcript with confer date
- Review and sign the Background Check Disclosure
- Review and sign Functional Abilities Disclosure
Please refer to the 2023-24 Requirements & Application page for FY24 additional program information.
Program-Specific Requirements
- Submit Background Check Fee
- Have acceptable results based on the Wisconsin Caregiver Background Check, National Criminal Background Check, Minnesota Caregiver Background Check (if applicable), and other states, if applicable
- Pass a physical exam, have current immunizations, and demonstrate negative status for Tuberculosis (Tb)
- COVID vaccination---highly recommended
- NOTE: Northwood Technical College cannot guarantee clinical placement or ability to progress in the program if a student is not able to meet the clinical site requirements including but not limited to; influenza vaccine, covid vaccine, negative tb skin test/quantiferon, up to date acceptable background check, or any other clinical requirements required by the clinical site. Northwood Technical College cannot guarantee clinical placement if the clinical site must be changed due to students inability to meet the site specific requirements. Many sites require the student information 4-6 weeks prior to the clinical start date.
- Review and sign Health Sciences Confidentiality Statement
- Possess current certification of "BLS Basic Life Support" or equivalent
- Participate in a mandatory program orientation scheduled prior to start of classes
Phlebotomy Student Handbook Academic Year 2022-2023
- Health Sciences Policies
- HS-i Work-based Learning Terms
- HS-ii Code of Conduct
- HS-01 Northwood Tech Mission, Vision, Values, & Tenets
- HS-02 Rules and Regulations-Student Signature
- HS-03 Safety Accountability Statement-Student Signature
- HS-04 Bloodborne Pathogen Risk Statement
- HS-05 CDC Guidelines and Links
- HS-06 Standard Precautions Chart
- HS-07 Exposure Control Procedures (Needle stick)
- HS-08 Performance-Based Instruction
- HS-09 Student Responsibilities
- HS-10 Responsibility of the Learner
- HS-11 Test-Taking
- HS-12 Studying Hints
- HS-13 Important Dispositions for Critical Thinkers
- HS-14 Good Thinking vs. Poor Thinking
- HS-15 Computer Information
- HS-16 Communication Guidelines
- HS-17 Confidentiality-HIPAA
- HS-18 Transfer Credit
- HS-19 Witnessing Legal Documents
- HS-20 Health Status
- HS-21 Health Form
- HS-22 BLS-Medic 1st Aid Requirements
- HS-23 Course Expectations for Assignments
- HS-24 Professional Expectations and Dress Code
- HS-25 Grading Policy
- HS-26 Improvement Plan
- HS-27 Academic Appeals Procedures
- HS-28 Automatic Program Dismissal
- HS-29 Complaints Concerning Health Sciences Programs
- Phlebotomy Program Policies
- PHLEB-01 2022-23 Catalog Page and Course Descriptions
- PHLEB-02 2022-23 Curriculum Checklist
- PHLEB-03 Program Goal, Purpose, and Outcomes
- PHLEB-04 Background Checks
- PHLEB-05 Absences
- PHLEB-06 Financial Reimbursement
- PHLEB-07 Late Assignments
- PHLEB-08 Cancellation of Class
- PHLEB-09 Course Failure-Repeat
- PHLEB-10 Withdrawal, Dismissal, and Reentry
- Phlebotomy Lab/Clinical Handbook
Phlebotomy Orientation
Please refer to the 2023-24 Requirements & Application page for updated FY24 Orientation documents.
Phlebotomy Withdrawal
- Instructions for Withdrawal from Phlebotomy Core Courses
- If you are at this webpage, it means your Phlebotomy Academic Advisor has been notified that you dropped your Phlebotomy course (513-xxx) courses.
- If you are withdrawing from your Phlebotomy core (513-xxx) courses, the Phlebotomy program would like to gather data regarding your decision to withdraw. This data is useful in the Phlebotomy planning process. Thank you for providing this information.
- Please carefully review the Withdrawal from the Phlebotomy Program form. You may complete the form electronically and email to lisa.perkins@NorthwoodTech.edu or print and mail this form within one month of your exiting the program to the following address:
- Lisa Perkins
- Northwood Technical College
- 2100 Beaser Ave
- Ashland WI 54806
- If you have questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact Lisa Perkins, Associate Dean, Health Sciences, at lisa.perkins@NorthwoodTech.edu or 715.685.3095.
- If you are at this webpage, it means your Phlebotomy Academic Advisor has been notified that you dropped your Phlebotomy course (513-xxx) courses.
Technology Requirements
If using Macintosh or Linux based computers, coursework must be submitted using your Office365 tools provided with your Northwood Tech email account. It is important to verify with your Program Faculty if non-Windows based computers are acceptable in the program.
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