Officials from the University of Tennessee Medical Center are notifying approximately 8,000 patients that the facility did not properly dispose of hospital reports.   The personal information poses potential risk of a privacy data breach, according to a Knoxville News report.  

In October, the hospital was notified that records containing private patient information were disposed without proper shredding and were instead discarded in the hospital’s waste stream.   The reports included personal information of patient’s including their Social Security numbers.

University of Tennessee Medical Center officials say there is no reason to believe any patient information was disclosed, used or access inappropriately and patient-related information likely became unreadable during the hospital’s waste management process post-disposal.

The hospital has corrected the disposal process and is taking extra measures to ensure the proper disposal of patient information, including retraining of employees and sanctions against involved hospital staff members, according to the report.

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