Previous Activities

Phlebotomy Training: January 21 – February 1, 2008
Following the success of the two Phlebotomy trainings in neighboring Swaziland, ASCP’s colleagues in South Africa requested phlebotomy training sessions for 100 medical technologists from labs throughout the country. In collaboration with CDC-South Africa and St. Mary’s Hospital, ASCP staff member Shannon Heard traveled to South Africa on January 21 to coordinate the training with two veteran ASCP consultants, Karen Brown and Cathy Robinson. Over the course of ten days, ASCP facilitated four three-day trainings in both Durban and East London, South Africa.

Technical Assistance Trips: June and September 2007
ASCP Consultants, Patricia J. Ellinger, MSEd, MT(ASCP)CMSBBCM and Dr. Kathleen McEnerney traveled throughout South Africa to provide technical assistance to the Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (FELTP). Ellinger and McEnerney helped facilitate a one day course on quality assurance as it relates to HIV patient monitoring. The participants participated in the one day course and will complete a quality assurance project within six months.

Phlebotomy Training: May 2 – 4, 2007
ASCP sponsored a Phlebotomy training workshop for 16 phlebotomists in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 3 day event consisted of didactic and hands on venipuncture experience. The workshop was facilitated by ASCP consultants Kathleen Finnegan, MS,MT(ASCP)SH and Catherine Murphy-Vetter,MS,MT(ASCP)SCT. Barbara Hoffman, MA, MT(ASCP) and Shannon Heard provided staff support and training coordination.