Why Proper X-Ray Recycling is Essential

While you may already know it’s a good idea to recycle old x-rays, you may not know the reasons to have them recycled or where to send them to be recycled correctly. As the trusted name in x-ray recycling for Reading PA and the entire area, we’d like to take some time to offer up some of the reasons it’s so important. And, if you have any additional questions about x-ray recycling, document storage or any of the other services we provide don’t hesitate to give us a call.

 One reason for purging x-rays besides clearing space is silver recovery. The x-rays do contain silver in various amounts, depending on the type of film. Facilities who have some amount of film usually would want to bring revenue from it in order to recover the film purging labor costs. Here at RDM, we offer terminal systems and recirculating silver recovery with state-of-the-art equipment and unique systems to assist our customers in achieving environmental compliance.

It’s also important to remember that medical x-rays contain information about your patients; information such as name, age and of course it also might reveal the current or previous medical condition of the patient. This is what HIPAA wants to protect patients from. Ut is common sense today that all patients are entitled to their privacy, that is why the rule puts the responsibility on the physician to make sure the medical records, including x-rays, are destroyed along with all types of patients information on it.

Contact the professionals here at Resource Data Management and we can tell you all about the x-ray recycling process, how it works and how you can get started recycling your x-rays. The only thing no one can argue with is facts. During the long period of our activity in the x-ray recycling business we have gained trust and a fantastic reputation for our dependability.

The guidelines for disposal of x-ray film state that proper care must be taken to destroy any medical records and the destruction process must be secured. Here at RDM, we take this seriously and work to ensure a secure x-ray recycling process. So, when you’re ready to learn more about x-ray recycling as well as the many other services we provide, give us a call here at Resource Data Management at (215) 953-5175 or contact us online for a free analysis.

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