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Information Technology

Data Destruction

Martha Dewey Bergren, RN, DNS, BC, NCSN, FNASN, Section Coeditor
Elizabeth Ann Murphy, RN, MA, NCSN, Section Coeditor
Martha Dewey Bergren, RN, DNS, BC, NCSN, FNASN

Martha Dewey Bergren, RN, DNS, BC, NCSN, FNASN, is a University of Illinois-Chicago College of Nursing faculty member and teaches Public Health and School Nursing. Dr. Bergren is certified in both school nursing and nursing informatics

School nurses are caretakers of a vast amount of sensitive student and family health information. In schools, older computer hardware that previously stored education records is recycled for less demanding student and employee functions. Sensitive data must be adequately erased before electronic storage devices are reassigned or are discarded. State and federal laws must be considered when permanently destroying personally identifiable student information. To fulfill their ethical and legal responsibilities, school nurses must be aware of record retention and data destruction policies and procedures for both paper and electronic records.

Key Words: confidentiality • degauss • education records • electronic records • e-mail • Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) • health records • human • information systems • Internet • privacy • record destruction • record retention • security

The Journal of School Nursing, Vol. 21, No. 4, 243-246 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/10598405050210041001
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