Today, Auburn has grown since its founding to have an on-campus enrollment of over 25,000 students and a faculty of almost 1,200 at the main campus in Auburn. There are also more than 6,000 students at the Auburn University at Montgomery satellite campus established in 1967.
A phlebotomist is a health care worker who draws blood from patients for analysis. Phlebotomists work in a variety of health care settings, including hospitals, blood donation facilities and clinics. A phlebotomist must be skilled at using needles and blood collection equipment, and follow rigid safety procedures.
A phlebotomist has a number of daily duties and responsibilities. Some of the basic ones are: 1  Preparing the patient prior to blood extraction. 2  Collecting blood and other body fluids from the patient.  Making sure that the instruments used in blood collection are sterile.