To SHRED or Not to SHRED in DC?

Here is a list of common documents that need to be shred on a regular basis:

Sales/Marketing Materials:

1. Customer Lists
2. Prospect Lists
3. Drafts of Sales & Marketing Strategies
4. Sales Reports

Documents Relating to Employees, Clients, Students, Etc.:

1. Medical records
2. Medical benefit plans
3. Any document containing employee personal information
4. ID Cards & Badges
5. Document printed on Company Letterhead
6. Training Manuals
7. Insurance Information
8. Student Records & Applications
9. Medical Records
10. Payroll Documents
11. COBRA records
12. Client Services Records
13. OSHA logs
14. Employment applications—both hired and not hired

Accounting Documents:  

1. Credit Card Statements and Receipt
2. A/R and A/P printouts
3. Bank Statements
4. Budgets
5. Any Tax Documents
6. Invoices
7. Customer Lists
8. Payroll Journal
9. Unused Checks

Insurance Documents:

1. Accident reports 
2. Safety reports 
3. Claims—made and settled
4. Insurance policies 

Legal Documents and Documentation:

1. Expired Contracts or Legal Documents
2. Legal Correspondence

Operations Information:

1. Purchase Orders
2. Supplier Lists
3. Shipping & Receiving Reports
4. Proprietary Data
5. Corporate Records
6. Procurement Requests
7. Production Reports

Hard Drives and Electronic Media Devices:

1. Biomedical devices—physiologic monitors, infusion pumps, ventilators, MRI, CT, and diagnostic ultrasound and laboratory analyzers
2. CDs and DVDs
3. PC hard drives
4. USB removable media—pen drives, thumb drives, flash drives, and sticks
5. Fax machines, scanners, copiers, and printers
6. Embedded flash on boards and devices
7. Floppy drives, zip disks, and magnetic tapes
8. RAM and ROM-based storage devices
9. Memory cards—SD, SDHC, MMC, compact flash, microdrive, and memory sticks