During the time you spend with study patients, you make occasional notes about how the patients are doing, including their vital signs, weights, emotional states, and presence or absence of support systems. These notes are later entered into the electronic medical records. Your notes include patient names. What should you do with your notes once you have entered the data into the electronic medical record?
a. Keep them in your briefcase.
b. Throw them in the trashcan.
c. Shred them in the hospital shredder.
d. Mail them to the pharmaceutical company.