File Film Destruction

• Film picked up from your facility is securely transported to our facility.

• The file film is then chopped into 3/8” pieces and put through an Enzyme wash process where all imaged area is dissolved.

• A certificate of destruction can be given to your facility, if requested, after the destruction has been completed.

Purged File Film Destruction

• File Film with paper documentation will be picked up from your facility and securely transported to our Raleigh facility where it is sorted and separated if needed by our personnel.

• All paper documentations are shredded and destroyed at time of separation.

• After the above process has been completed, the file film is chopped into 3/8” pieces and then put through an Enzyme wash process where all imaged area is dissolved.

• A certificate of destruction can be given to your facility, if requested, after the destruction has been completed.

File Film Storage & Relocation

Southeastern File Management Service, Inc. will and securely store off-site the file films and perform the following duties on these file films. 

• S.F.M.S., Inc. will remove all requested file films from the file room and relocate them to its secured Raleigh storage site.

• We will inventory the files by terminal number and provide shelving for these films inside our climate controlled facility.

File Film Inventory Listing Procedure

• S.F.M.S., Inc. will perform inventory listing / data entry in the same form and program as originated.

• Listing / Data entry will consist of (first name, last name Med. # and year).

• The logging of file film data will be done on-site at SFMS, Inc. or offsite if needed.

• S.F.M.S, Inc.  will then pull and send files to customers on an as needed basis.