Sample Page

The page below is a sample from the MediaLab course, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.

Learn about Compliance & CE courses available for clinical laboratories and individual medical technologists.

Ungraded Practice Question

Case Study: De-identified Health Information.

You work in a laboratory microbiology department that provides a local nursing home with information about the effectiveness of various antibiotics it uses to treat infections. You print the requested information, including patient first and last names, birthdates, and medical record numbers, bacterial organisms identified, and the organisms' sensitivities to various antibiotics.
What information should you provide to the nursing home?

Please select the single best answer

	Provide a listing of bacterial organisms, antibiotic sensitivities, and antibiotics used, without any patient identification.
	Send the information as printed.
	Send the information without the last names of the patients.

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