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Showing 14 of 931 cases · page 2 of 2.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Registered nurse accused of diverting hydromorphone at Memorial Hospital of Converse County by replacing it with saline
2017-06
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Wyoming Douglas, WY |
Memorial Hospital of Converse County | hydromorphone (Dilaudid); also Demerol and fentanyl | Allegedly stole hydromorphone for personal use; drew hydromorphone from vials and refilled them with saline; overrode the automated medication dispensing system; tampered with containers of Demerol and fentanyl. A hospital official said the nurse admitted to stealing the hydromorphone. | not stated | Placed on administrative leave; nursing license summarily suspended by the Wyoming State Board of Nursing; state boards and police investigating; no criminal charges filed at that point. | none documented | source |
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Utah Prescriber Faces License Action Over Opioid Diversion (2005)
2005
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Utah Utah |
Prescriber - dentist (D.D.S.) (Utah) | Fentanyl, meperidine | Charge as worded in the source: Unlawful Possession or Use of a Controlled Substance, to wit: Demerol, a felony of the third degree | not stated | Pleaded guilty; licensing action (2005) | none documented | source |
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Anesthesiologist placed on probation after being sanctioned for abusing fentanyl and Demerol
2003-07
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Maryland Los Angeles, CA |
Practice | fentanyl and Demerol (meperidine) | Found by a state medical board to have abused fentanyl and Demerol, controlled substances to which the physician had professional access. | not stated | 5 years probation subject to terms and conditions (reciprocal to an Arizona Medical Board sanction) | none documented | source |
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Arkansas hospital nurse's license suspended three years after narcotics cabinet tampering and Demerol concerns
1993-08-17
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Arkansas | Two hospitals, in Bentonville and Eureka Springs | Demerol (meperidine) | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Mississippi nurse anesthetist's license revocation over unaccounted Demerol reversed by state supreme court
1984-10-03
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Mississippi | County hospital in Monticello, Mississippi | Demerol | not stated | Certified registered nurse anesthetist | not stated | none documented | source |
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DC agency nurse's Demerol pull for a patient with an expired order led to two-year suspension, upheld on appeal
1983-03-29
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District of Columbia | Capitol Hill Hospital, Washington, DC | Demerol (meperidine), 50 mg | not stated | Registered nurse (temporary staffing agency) | not stated | none documented | source |
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