Sep 29, 2010 | Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice, Laboratory Pathology
Ex-employee of Quest Diagnostics allegedly also breached patient privacy laws By manufacturing a fake positive clinical pathology laboratory test report for a sexually transmitted disease (STD), a medical laboratory manager in Alton, Illinois, set in motion a series of events that made headlines in St. Louis-area newspapers earlier this year. These actions also generated a lawsuit against clinical laboratory manager Maureen Sackmann and her then-employer, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE:...
