The NAPTP was formed to help establish accepted guidelines and procedures to promote patient safety in phlebotomy and blood testing.

The NAPTP believes that every phlebotomist needs a Code of Ethics to guide them in upholding patient safety to the highest level and increase knowledge of the profession in phlebotomy. 

Having a scope of practice assists the phlebotomist in knowing what they can and cannot do, thereby preventing events in which can make them liable.