By The Canadian Press

Notifications sent out after Alberta health screening questionnaires misplaced

May 24, 2018 | 10:13 AM

CALGARY – Canadian Blood Services says records from southern Alberta containing health screening questionnaires involving more than 2,600 people have gone missing.

The non-profit charitable organization that manages the national supply of blood, blood products and stem cells says it was notified late last month by a third party which stores the records that two boxes of documents have been misplaced.

Blood services believes the boxes are likely still somewhere within a storage facility.

The questionnaires were completed in 2006 and 2008 to help assess whether the respondents were able to donate.

Everyone affected by the possible privacy breach is being notified.

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Since July 2016 all records have been digitized a move which the organization says has significantly reduced the chance of this type of incident recurring.