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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Metro Jackson Hospital Nurse Charged With Embezzling Opioids
2017-05-24
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Mississippi | Hospital in the Jackson, Mississippi metro area | Dilaudid (hydromorphone) and morphine, both Schedule II | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Scottsdale Surgery Center Nurse Surrenders License After Diverting Fentanyl and Dilaudid
2017-05-02
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Arizona Scottsdale, AZ |
Ambulatory surgery center (Scottsdale, AZ) | Fentanyl and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) | Tampered with narcotic vials on hand at the surgery center and refilled them with sterile saline to conceal the theft | not stated | Surrendered Arizona nursing license May 2, 2017; later indicted on 23 drug-diversion felony counts | none documented | source |
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Hospital nurse accused of embezzling Dilaudid and morphine for diversion
2017-05
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Mississippi Jackson, MS |
a metro-area hospital | Dilaudid (hydromorphone) and morphine | alleged diversion/embezzlement of Schedule II opioid medications | not stated | arrested; surrendered nursing license | none documented | source |
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Traveling nurse surrendered license after admitting to stealing fentanyl from Massachusetts hospital
2017
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Massachusetts Newburyport, MA |
Anna Jaques Hospital | fentanyl, morphine, hydromorphone | Stealing fentanyl, morphine and hydromorphone from the hospital; admitted to stealing 27 doses of fentanyl for patients already discharged. | not stated | Surrendered license as a traveling nurse in 2017. | none documented | source |
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Michigan Physician Convicted in Opioid Diversion Case (2017)
2017
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Michigan Michigan |
Physician (Michigan) | Oxycodone, hydromorphone | Charge as worded in the source: five counts of unlawfully distributing Oxycodone and Dilaudid | not stated | Convicted by a jury at trial; convicted (2017); sentence not reported in the source | none documented | source |
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Casper physician suspended over alleged excessive painkiller prescriptions and oxycodone conspiracy
2016-12
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Wyoming Casper, WY |
Casper, WY | oxycodone, methadone, fentanyl, hydrocodone, phentermine, hydromorphone, tramadol, testosterone cypionate | The board found the physician prescribed high amounts of oxycodone, methadone, and fentanyl to one patient and may have conspired to acquire a scheduled drug by deception for use by someone other than that patient; prescribed controlled substances to a patient with whom he was in a relationship and may have obtained them by fraud; and increased and decreased oxycodone doses for another patient, which the board said could be careless disregard or conspiracy to acquire a narcotic by fraud. | not stated | Wyoming Board of Medicine summarily suspended the physician's license until a formal complaint and hearing; the physician was arrested and charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. | none documented | source |
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Illinois emergency room nurse diverted hydromorphone from Pekin hospital
2016-10-06
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Illinois | Hospital in Pekin, Illinois | Hydromorphone (Schedule II opioid) | not stated | Emergency room nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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New Jersey hospital nurse reprimanded after hydromorphone ampules found tampered with
2016-10
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New Jersey | Hospital (community medical center) | Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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