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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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ICU nurse sentenced for tampering with fentanyl and hydromorphone at Ardmore hospital
2024-04
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Oklahoma Ardmore, OK |
Mercy Hospital Intensive Care Unit, Ardmore, Oklahoma | fentanyl and hydromorphone | stole fentanyl and hydromorphone intended for intensive care patients; removed the pain medication from vials, refilled the empty vials with tap water, and returned the tampered vials to the controlled storage locker; admitted the conduct | not stated | sentenced to 12 months in prison for one count of Tampering with Consumer Products; pleaded guilty on August 31, 2023 | none documented | source |
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Former Scripps Encinitas anesthesiologist placed on seven-year probation for taking and self-administering propofol and opioids
2024-03
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California | Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas | Propofol, fentanyl, hydromorphone, midazolam | not stated | Anesthesiologist (labor and delivery unit) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Oklahoma Physician Convicted in Opioid Diversion Case (2024)
2024
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Oklahoma Oklahoma |
Physician - contract anesthesiologist at an Oklahoma City hospital (Oklahoma) | Fentanyl, midazolam, ketamine, hydromorphone | Charge as worded in the source: 18 counts of obtaining a controlled substance by deceit or subterfuge | not stated | Convicted (2024); sentence not reported in the source | none documented | source |
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Boston-Area ER Nurse Sentenced for 412 Unauthorized Opioid Withdrawals
2023-11-15
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Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts |
Hospital emergency department | Morphine, fentanyl, hydromorphone | 412 unauthorized cabinet withdrawals billed to 299 already-discharged patients over ~5 months. The 412 unauthorized withdrawals were tied to 299 discharged patients. | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 3 months' imprisonment and 1 year supervised release (Nov. 2023) | none documented | source |
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Iowa Nurse Pleads Guilty to Diverting Fentanyl from Waterloo Hospital via False Wasting
2023-10-11
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Iowa Waterloo, Iowa |
Hospital, Waterloo, Iowa (part of a multi-hospital network) | Fentanyl, hydromorphone, and morphine | Falsely documented wasting full vials after patients purportedly refused the drug, then diverted the undocumented remainder for personal use | not stated | Pleaded guilty, October 2023, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa; nursing license forfeited; sentencing pending | none documented | source |
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VA nurse pleaded guilty to stealing fentanyl, morphine and hydromorphone
2023-10
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Colorado Aurora, CO |
Denver Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System | fentanyl, morphine and hydromorphone | stealing fentanyl, morphine and hydromorphone from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Denver | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 14 months in prison | none documented | source |
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ICU nurse at Mercy Hospital in Ardmore pleaded guilty to stealing fentanyl and hydromorphone and swapping pain medication with tap water
2023-09
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Oklahoma Ardmore, OK |
Mercy Hospital in Ardmore | fentanyl and hydromorphone | Stole fentanyl and hydromorphone intended for ICU patients and swapped pain medication with tap water in March and April 2022. | not stated | Pleaded guilty to tampering with pain medications; admitted and confessed to the conduct. | none documented | source |
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Ardmore ICU Nurse Pleads Guilty to Replacing Patients' Pain Medication With Tap Water
2023-08-31
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Oklahoma Ardmore, Oklahoma |
Hospital intensive care unit | Fentanyl and hydromorphone | Emptied vials, refilled with tap water, and returned them to the controlled storage locker for use on ICU patients | not stated | Pleaded guilty to tampering with consumer products (Aug. 2023); sentencing pending | none documented | source |
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