Hi Brian,

I've worked in records management before and we always used really
powerful magnets to destroy electronic media. If you go that route, then
you may want to test a few videos after you hold a magnet against them
just to make sure that you can't view them.

Of course pulling all the tape out and shredding would work well too,
although probably not as efficiently.

Best of luck,

Megan

Brian Anderson wrote:
> Here's a Friday afternoon question that's a little out of the ordinary...
>
> We have a grant that ended ten years ago.  The study required the
> videotaping of geriatric patients,  and the data was captured on 200 VCR
> tapes.  Per the agreement, we are now required to destroy those tapes.
>
> Does anyone have experience with something like this?  How do you go about
> efficiently  destroying 200 VCR tapes, ensuring that EVERYTHING is
> destroyed, and thus protecting the confidentiality of all those patients
> that were taped?
>
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