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    Sep 18, 2012, 07:35 AM
    HIPAA Rules in the Workplace
    Can medicine punch cards containing resident names be disposed of in a garbage compactor at a nursing home. This is not an open dumpster. The garbage is compacted and then hauled to a landfill and covered.
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    Sep 18, 2012, 07:37 AM
    Better to shred them first.
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    Sep 18, 2012, 07:39 AM
    As long as the compactor is not accessible to anyone before being run, or it's locked, I see no problem. We've all heard of people who rifle through garbage cans and dumpsters finding sensitive data.
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