Medicine:Sink testing
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Sink testing is a form of medical laboratory diagnostics healthcare fraud whereby clinical specimens are discarded, via a sink drain, and fabricated results are reported, without the clinical specimen actually being tested.[1]
In the United States, the prevalence of sink testing laboratories in the 1980s led in part to regulation following the passage of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments in 1988.[2]
While the illegal practice still does occur, it is rare within the highly regulated US lab market.
References
- ↑ Adamson, Judith L. (1 November 2006). ""Sink Testing"—Myth or Reality?". Laboratory Medicine 37 (11): 652–653. doi:10.1309/PGNGDM59CAP4C9HX.
- ↑ Michel, Robert (9 May 2005). "Why Is There Crime In the Lab Industry?". https://www.darkintelligencegroup.com/the-dark-report/why-is-there-crime-in-the-lab-industry/. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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