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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Nursing Facility Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Patients' Morphine — Kansas, 2012
2012-01-24
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Kansas Salina, Kansas |
Holiday Resort Nursing Facility, Salina, KS | Morphine | Removed morphine from patient vials with syringes, replaced with sodium chloride solution | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 3 years federal prison | none documented | source |
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Nursing Home Nurse Sentenced for Diluting Hospice Patients' Morphine with Tap Water — Washington, 2011
2011-03-07
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Washington Snohomish, Washington |
Merry Haven Care Center, a nursing home/hospice in Snohomish, WA | Morphine sulfate | Removed morphine from prescription vials, replaced it with tap water | not stated | Sentenced to 1 year in federal prison, 3 years supervised release | none documented | source |
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Registered nurse diverted morphine and fentanyl from Children's Hospital of Wisconsin stock or waste
2004-11
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Wisconsin Milwaukee County, Wisconsin |
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin | morphine and fentanyl | The Board found that the nurse diverted morphine and fentanyl from hospital stock or waste for personal use over four years until June 28, 2004, and consumed the substances at work without a prescription or other authority. The nurse was also criminally charged with unlawfully obtaining a controlled substance. | not stated | License suspended for six months, then indefinitely, with conditions including treatment, monitoring, and restricted access to controlled substances; partial costs of $200. | none documented | source |
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Family practice physician's license revoked after ingesting morphine in violation of probation
2004-01
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Maryland Catonsville, MD |
Practice | Morphine | violated a prior Board consent order and rehabilitation contract by ingesting morphine | not stated | Revocation of license; barred from applying for reinstatement for 3 years | none documented | source |
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Radiation therapy technologist's certification revoked after positive drug test for morphine
2003-01
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Maryland Bel Air, MD |
Bel Air, MD | morphine | Tested positive for morphine on a urine screen, in violation of a disposition agreement with the licensing board that required abstinence from controlled substances. | not stated | Certification revoked | none documented | source |
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Rochester nurse admitted diverting morphine and hydromorphone through fraudulent dispensing-cabinet entries
2001-11-09
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New York | not stated | Morphine and/or Dilaudid (hydromorphone) | Fraudulent withdrawals from an automated dispensing cabinet using patient identification numbers | Registered professional nurse (also held LPN license) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Children's Wisconsin nurse diverted morphine and fentanyl for self-administration
2000
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Wisconsin | Children's Wisconsin | morphine and fentanyl | stole morphine and fentanyl intended for pediatric patients and self-administered the drugs; convicted of stealing drugs on the job | not stated | charged with multiple felonies; convicted; spent four months in jail; nursing license suspended indefinitely, later fully reinstated; pardoned | none documented | source |
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