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Rocky Mountain Network (VISN 19)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 12, 2012. Also cited in 133 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000074025, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 19 Salt Lake City, UT
Issue:
An employee coming to work, found a patient's lab label in a public hallway. It contained the patient's full name, full SSN and date of birth. Update: 04/12/12:One Patient will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
The employee was given a verbal counseling about the incident and reminded of the importance of protecting our veterans privacy rights - there was a new process initiated by the Chief of Laboratory services - the employee's were instructed to be sure to secure patient labels in the drawers of their blood drawn carts when going to the inpatient wards - covered clipboards are being ordered so the employee's have another safeguard to place the labels in the clipboard in their cart drawers.