California attorney general and 10 district attorneys brought case against medical testing giant.
The Quest Diagnostics blood test, AD-Detect, measures elevated levels of amyloid-beta proteins, a signature characteristic of Alzheimer’s. Quest Diagnostics, one of America’s largest medical testing companies, has agreed to pay $5 million to settle charges that it improperly disposed of hazardous chemicals, medical waste and patient information at multiple locations across the Bay Area and California.
According to the prosecutors, the district attorneys’ offices conducted more than 30 inspections at Quest laboratories and patient service centers around the state starting in 2020. Through the sloppy disposal methods, the company which has 50,000 employees nationwide, and revenues of $9.8 billion in 2022, violated various laws, including the Hazardous Waste Control Law, Medical Waste Management Act, Unfair Competition Law, and civil laws prohibiting the disclosure of personal health information.
“These include investing in technologies for treatment of biological waste, secured destruction of patient information, programs to maximize recycling efforts and minimize waste-to-landfill disposal, waste-to-energy recovery of non-recyclable wastes, and enhanced waste audit and inspection measures to ensure continued compliance with applicable laws.”“This was not an isolated incident by a single Quest Diagnostics testing facility,” said Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer.
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