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Hospitals on alert for fake inspectors

by Angeline Booher Apr 25, 2005 8:16AM PDT

WASHINGTON - Federal authorities are looking into three closely bunched incidents in which people posing as inspectors were caught nosing around hospitals in Boston, Detroit and Los Angeles.

In the first instance, a man and a woman, well-dressed and in their mid-30s, showed up in the middle of the night at a Los Angeles hospital with badges that resemble those carried by commission inspectors. They left when questioned by the hospital staff.

Three days later, a bearded man in his 30s or 40s of either South Asian or Middle Eastern origin was confronted at a Boston hospital. He, too, departed when questioned.

On March 10, a middle-aged woman who identified herself as a commission inspector fled a Detroit hospital's maternity ward when confronted.

http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/news/71797.php

Needless to say, this is NOT how Joint Commission operates. Apparently the fakers thought that they could get into restricted areas when fewer people were around at night.

Angeline

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(NT) (NT) Let's hope the word is fully out.

by Kiddpeat Apr 25, 2005 1:22PM PDT

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seems like a lot of fake inspections are happening...

by Edward ODaniel Apr 26, 2005 3:14AM PDT

My neighbor's daughter (graduated college last fall) came over this morning to give me a warning about some nefarious characters in the neighborhood.

She told me "If someone comes to your front door saying they are conducting a survey on deer ticks and asks you to take your clothes off and dance around with your arms up, DO NOT DO IT!!

IT IS A SCAM; they only want to see you naked.

I wish someone had warned me yesterday. I feel so stupid now."

I thanked her and told her that I doubted they would bother me but that deer ticks were serious business and that I thought I had seen one go beneath her shirt collar and to take off her shirt so I could get it.

She'll probably feel stupid again tomorrow because by the time she got her shirt off I saw it disappearing under the waist band of her levi's.