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Breach notice filed by Bloodworks Northwest (May 2019)

Organization named: Bloodworks Northwest Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Loss

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of May 8, 2019.

Organization as reported
Bloodworks Northwest, WA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Loss
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
May 8, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13415, row:4554)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

An employee of the covered entity (CE), Bloodworks Northwest, printed a report containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,893 patients and left it on a desk overnight. When the employee returned the next morning, the printed report, which contained patients’ demographic and clinical information, was missing. The CE investigated the incident and improved safeguards by storing patient files in locked cabinets, updating its process for internal sharing of PHI, and enhancing its security rounds. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals and the media and also posted notice on its website. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 1,893 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date May 8, 2019, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13415)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Bloodworks Northwest Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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