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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Emory Hospital Pharmacy Technicians Diverted More Than 1 Million Doses of Controlled Substances
2016-02-01
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Georgia Atlanta, GA |
Hospital pharmacy (Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, GA) | Alprazolam, hydrocodone, and codeine products | Pharmacy technicians misappropriated buyer credentials to order and receive controlled substances, bypassing receiving and inventory checks | not stated | Georgia Board of Pharmacy consent order finalized February 2016; $200,000 fine and 3-year pharmacy license probation | $200,000 (civil penalty) | source |
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University hospital employees fired for diverting controlled substances including alprazolam and hydrocodone
2016-02
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Georgia | Emory University hospital | alprazolam (Xanax), codeine, hydrocodone | Two hospital employees illegally diverted more than a million doses of controlled substances in a scheme that lasted nearly five years. | not stated | The employees were fired; a consent order fined the hospital $200,000 and placed its pharmacy license on probation for three years; the matter was reported to the DEA. | none documented | source |
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Hospital nurse diverted hydrocodone intended for a patient and falsified records
2015-06
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West Virginia Parkersburg, WV |
Camden Clark Medical Center | hydrocodone | Admitted to taking two 5 mg hydrocodone pills intended for a patient, keeping them for personal use, and falsely documenting in the patient file that the medication had been given to the patient. | not stated | Pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, and subterfuge; terminated from employment on June 27, 2015; faces up to four years in federal prison; sentencing set for October 1, 2018. | none documented | source |
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California hospital system agreed to $1.55 million civil penalty after hydrocodone losses at Stockton outpatient pharmacy
2015-04
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California | Outpatient pharmacy at a Stockton medical center and other Sacramento-area facilities | Hydrocodone tablets and other controlled substances | not stated | Hospital system as DEA registrant | not stated | none documented | source |
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Delaware nurse suspended two years after unrecorded cabinet withdrawals and muscle-relaxant theft at a state prison
2013-11-07
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Delaware | Hospital in Lewes, then Sussex Correctional Institute in Georgetown | Vicodin (one pill) and Soma, a muscle relaxant | not stated | Registered nurse (previously licensed practical nurse) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Tulsa hospital pharmacy operator paid civil penalty after employees stole hundreds of thousands of hydrocodone and alprazolam doses
2010-02-19
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Oklahoma | Two hospital pharmacies in Tulsa run by an outside pharmacy management company | Hydrocodone, alprazolam and phentermine | not stated | Pharmacy employees, including one responsible for invoices and medication purchasing | not stated | none documented | source |
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