Asahikawa Medical College
Asahikawa Medical College Hospital Leaked Test Samples, Patient Information
Quick Facts
- Date: 2/28/2008
- Institution: Asahikawa Medical College
- Type of Incident: Employee Fraud
- Number Affected: 2,220
- Source: ESI
- Abstract Source: Daily Yomiuri Online
Abstract
Asahikawa Medical College recently announced that it discovered 2,220 test samples taken from individuals had been leaked, along with some personal information, to four different companies in five different leaks occurring over a two and a half year period. This leak included samples taken during HIV and syphilis tests and of the 2,220 samples leaked, 1,800 syphilis samples included patient names and other personal information. During the investigation into the leak, the medical college found that the four companies receiving the samples donated about 3.85 million yen to the hospital's clinical laboratory blood transfusion department, which is the department that leaked the samples. The medical college plans to severely punish the four individuals involved in the leak. The hospital has made plans to recover the leaked samples, expect for those already destroyed, and has apologized to those individuals whose personal information was exposed.
