Re: Disclosure of SSN -Reply

[John Kurkomelis <Jkurkome@bidmc.harvard.edu>]

Ron Amoling wrote:
> 
> At the risk of sounding politically incorrect, I'm more concerned
> about not being able to retrieve the dose records of Wang Yang that
> John H. Smith.  It's also very likely that Wang Yang wouldn't have a
> SSN in the first place.
> 
> In a biomedical research environment, the large number of foreign
> workers, many of whom lack a SSN, compounds the problem.  Over the
> years we've used a person's name and DOB as the identifier when a SSN
> is not available.
> 
> Ron Amoling
> amolingr@joslab.harvard.edu


If your using Landauer see section C3, it allows you to use one of seven
codes, a passport#, work permit #, NAt. Ins. No (UK), CSI- Can. Soc.Ins.
No. etc.