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Showing 181 of 931 cases · page 7 of 23.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Former nurse accused of replacing fentanyl with tap water in IV drips at Oregon hospital
2024-09
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Oregon Medford, OR |
Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center | fentanyl | accused of replacing prescribed fentanyl with nonsterile tap water in intravenous drips; police investigation into theft and misuse of controlled substances that resulted in patient infections; hospital officials believed an employee had been diverting fentanyl | not stated | civil wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuit filed against the hospital; the former nurse was arrested in June and charged with 44 counts of second-degree assault and has pleaded not guilty | none documented | source |
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Oklahoma City Anesthesiologist Convicted of Diverting Hospital Opioids
2024-07-11
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Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Oklahoma City-area hospital operating rooms | Fentanyl, ketamine, hydromorphone, and midazolam | Claimed controlled substances were needed for surgeries he did not perform, then falsely reported disposing of the drugs while keeping them | not stated | Convicted by federal jury July 11, 2024, on 18 counts of obtaining a controlled substance by deceit | none documented | source |
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Manchester hospital agreed to pay $300,000 to resolve controlled-substance recordkeeping allegations after fentanyl diversion
2024-07-08
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New Hampshire | Catholic Medical Center, Manchester | Fentanyl and six other controlled substances with inventory discrepancies | not stated | Hospital (registrant responsible for controlled-substance records) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Catholic Medical Center Pays $300,000 Over CRNA's Fentanyl Diversion
2024-07-03
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New Hampshire Manchester, New Hampshire |
Catholic Medical Center operating rooms, Manchester, New Hampshire | Fentanyl | CRNA removed fentanyl from patient syringes, replaced it with saline and hydromorphone, and falsified wasting records; hospital's inventory audits failed to catch the shortfall | not stated | Hospital paid $300,000 CSA civil settlement July 2024; nurse pleaded guilty June 12, 2024, to tampering with consumer products | $300,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Palomar Health Pays $250,000 Over Fentanyl Diversion in Cath Lab
2024-06-03
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California Escondido, California |
Palomar Health Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Escondido, California | Fentanyl | Employee diverted vials from automated dispensing machines over a five-month period; unused fentanyl was not properly disposed of | not stated | Palomar Health paid $250,000 CSA civil settlement June 2024 and entered a DEA monitoring agreement | $250,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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ICU nurse accused of diverting patients' liquid fentanyl and replacing it with tap water at a Medford, Oregon hospital
2024-06
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Oregon Medford, OR |
Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center | liquid fentanyl | Allegedly diverted patients' liquid fentanyl for personal use and replaced it with nonsterile tap water, which was linked to central line infections; police said the charges reflect the number of patients affected. | not stated | Arrested and charged with 44 counts of second-degree assault; the nurse had voluntarily agreed in November 2023 to a nursing license suspension pending completion of an investigation and had left the hospital in July 2023. Indicted by a Jackson County grand jury on the 44 second-degree assault counts; trial was set for September 2026. A related civil lawsuit seeking $11 million in damages alleges the tap-water substitution caused at least two patient deaths. | none documented | source |
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New Hampshire hospital nurse anesthetist pleaded guilty after substituting saline for operating-room fentanyl
2024-06
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New Hampshire | Hospital operating room, Catholic Medical Center, Manchester | Liquid fentanyl left over from medical procedures | not stated | Nurse anesthetist | not stated | none documented | source |
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Physician terminated by employer for diverting fentanyl, versed and dilaudid from patients
2024-06
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Florida Tampa, FL |
Tampa, FL | fentanyl, versed, and dilaudid | Diverting fentanyl, versed, and dilaudid from patients; impairment; unprofessional conduct | not stated | Agreed order publicly referring the physician to the Texas Physician Health Program (TXPHP) | none documented | source |
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