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Showing 124 of 931 cases · page 10 of 16.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Florida emergency room nurse accused of diverting hydromorphone after syringes found in work bag; probable cause panel dismissed case
2021-09
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Florida | Hospital emergency room in Florida | Hydromorphone (two mostly empty pre-drawn 1 mg syringes) | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Intermountain Healthcare Nurse Tampered with Hydromorphone Syringes
2021-07-23
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Utah Salt Lake City, Utah |
Hospital surgical/trauma ward (Intermountain Healthcare), Utah | Hydromorphone | Diverted hydromorphone from pre-loaded syringes, replaced it with saline, and returned the syringes for use on other patients | not stated | Convicted by federal jury on 3 counts; sentencing pending | none documented | source |
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Hospital nurse convicted of diverting hydromorphone from pre-loaded syringes and replacing it with saline
2021-07
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Utah Sandy, UT |
Intermountain Healthcare surgical and trauma ward | hydromorphone | Diverted hydromorphone from pre-loaded syringes for personal use, replaced the pain medication with saline solution, returned the syringes containing greatly reduced amounts of hydromorphone for medical use by other hospital staff, and made false statements to an FDA special agent during the investigation. | not stated | Convicted by a federal jury of three counts related to fraudulently obtaining and tampering with hydromorphone, and also convicted of making false statements to an FDA special agent. | none documented | source |
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Massachusetts ER Nurse Tampered with Hydromorphone and Meperidine
2021-06-29
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Massachusetts West Boylston, Massachusetts |
Hospital emergency department, Massachusetts | Hydromorphone and meperidine | Falsified automated dispensing machine transactions to remove carpujects, punctured them to steal the drugs, and refilled some with saline before returning them to circulation | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 1 year and 1 day in prison plus 3 years supervised release | none documented | source |
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Roswell Park Cancer Center Nurse Tampered with Patients' Hydromorphone
2021-03-10
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New York Buffalo, New York |
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (Buffalo, NY) | Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) dispensing-machine vials | Canceled dispensing transactions, removed drug, refilled vials with water | not stated | Pleaded guilty Mar 10, 2021; caused waterborne infections in 6 patients | none documented | source |
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Roanoke Pharmacist Sentenced for Tampering with Hydromorphone Vials
2021-01-29
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Virginia Roanoke, Virginia |
Pharmacist, Home Choice Partners (Roanoke, VA) | Hydromorphone — 50 mL vial | Replaced hydromorphone in a narcotics-cabinet vial with saline over about nine months; caught after a needle and bloody tissue were found in a bathroom, prompting an all-staff drug test | not stated | Pleaded guilty Sept 2020 to tampering with a consumer product; sentenced Jan 29, 2021 to 12 months + 1 day | none documented | source |
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Michigan hospital network paid $7.75 million to settle allegations its pharmacies enabled opioid diversion
2021-01-20
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Michigan | Retail and subsidiary pharmacies, including a Port Huron pharmacy and a Western Michigan pharmacy | Hydrocodone, oxycodone and hydromorphone | not stated | Health care corporation operating hospital and retail pharmacies | not stated | none documented | source |
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Utah Nurse Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2021)
2021
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Utah Utah |
Former nurse on an Intermountain surgical and trauma ward (Utah) | Hydromorphone | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Convicted by a jury at trial; sentenced (2021) to 36 months in prison, 36 months probation | none documented | source |
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