I work for a grocery chain's warehouse, and on the trucks we get back from the store oftentimes we get HIPAA information back. It seems to me that how we're told to handle it, is unsafe.
Basically, the papers come back in canvas bags sealed shut with zipties. Once at the warehouse, we're supposed to open the bags, and if the papers inside aren't in a black garbage bag, we're to put them into garbage bags. Then we're supposed to put the garbage bags into a cardboard watermelon bin, and when the bins are full just set them aside. Then maybe once a week we load the full bins onto a storage trailer.
What bothers me is that we're a large department, and all those papers are just left sitting with nothing more than a thin sheet a plastic safeguarding them. A lot of random truck drivers pass through our building as well. Also, it isn't just medical papers in those bags, its banking statements, reciepts (including credit card ones), lottery validations, paystubs, and all kinds of other information.
I'm wondering if I have grounds for making a complaint as the entire process seems easy to exploit, especially seeing as how several employees were recently fired for stealing grocery products in my department.
Basically, the papers come back in canvas bags sealed shut with zipties. Once at the warehouse, we're supposed to open the bags, and if the papers inside aren't in a black garbage bag, we're to put them into garbage bags. Then we're supposed to put the garbage bags into a cardboard watermelon bin, and when the bins are full just set them aside. Then maybe once a week we load the full bins onto a storage trailer.
What bothers me is that we're a large department, and all those papers are just left sitting with nothing more than a thin sheet a plastic safeguarding them. A lot of random truck drivers pass through our building as well. Also, it isn't just medical papers in those bags, its banking statements, reciepts (including credit card ones), lottery validations, paystubs, and all kinds of other information.
I'm wondering if I have grounds for making a complaint as the entire process seems easy to exploit, especially seeing as how several employees were recently fired for stealing grocery products in my department.