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Veterans In Partnership (VISN 11)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on January 18, 2011. Also cited in 213 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000057196, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 11 Danville, IL
Issue:
An inpatient arm band was discovered attached to a wheel chair in the wheelchair repair clinic at VA Illiana Health Care System. The arm band contained a patient's name, full social security number and date of birth. The wheelchair repair clinic workers are Compensated Work Therapy patients. Update: 01/18/11:The patient will receive a letter offering credit protection services.NOTE: There were a total of 81 Mis-Handling incidents this reporting period. Because of repetition, the other 80 are not included in this report, but are included in the "Mis-Handling Incidents" count at the end of this report. In all incidents, Veterans will receive a notification letter and/or credit monitoring will be offered if appropriate.
Outcome:
The Chief Nurse of the Community Living Center provided education to all staff instructing them not to print out inpatient arm bands for the use of identifying the owner of personal equipment of patients such as wheel chairs, walkers, etc. The credit protection letter was sent to the patient.