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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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VA Hospice Nurse Sentenced for Diluting Dying Veterans' Morphine
2021-02-24
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Massachusetts Bedford, Massachusetts |
Hospice unit, VA Medical Center (Bedford, MA) | Liquid morphine | Diluted patients' morphine doses with tap water, drank the diverted portion | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Feb 24, 2021 to 40 months | none documented | source |
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Nurse Sentenced to 5 Years for Tampering with Hospice Patient's Morphine
2020-09-14
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Massachusetts Danvers / Amesbury, Massachusetts |
RN, Hunt Nursing and Rehab (Danvers, MA) + Maplewood Care and Rehab (Amesbury, MA) | Morphine sulfate | Extracted morphine from patients' prescribed bottles, diluted to as little as 1.2%-26% of prescribed concentration by refilling with another liquid | not stated | Pleaded guilty Jul 2019; sentenced to 60 months + 3 yrs supervised release | none documented | source |
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Eastern Iowa ICU Nurse Sentenced for Stealing Patient's Fentanyl and Morphine
2020-06-26
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Iowa Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
ICU, Cedar Rapids, Iowa hospital | Fentanyl and morphine | Over-obtained doses from pharmacy and withdrew drug directly from a patient's IV line | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Jun 26, 2020 to federal prison | $5,500 (criminal fine) | source |
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Iowa Nursing Home Nurse Sentenced for Stealing Patients' Pain Medication
2020-01-28
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Iowa Manchester, Iowa |
Nursing home (Manchester, IA) | Hydrocodone, morphine, oxycodone, codeine, tramadol | Took pills from 14+ patients by deception; diluted liquid morphine with mouthwash | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Jan 28, 2020 to 4 years | $593 (restitution) | source |
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Haverhill Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Hospice Patient's Morphine
2019-12-18
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Massachusetts Amesbury, Massachusetts |
Nursing home / hospice care facility | Morphine sulfate | Nurse extracted morphine from a hospice patient's prescribed bottles for personal use and replaced it with cough syrup to mask the theft | not stated | Sentenced to 54 months in federal prison | none documented | source |
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Rhode Island VA Nurse Sentenced Over Liquid Opioid Tampering
2019-04-05
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Rhode Island Providence, Rhode Island |
Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI | Morphine and other liquid opioids | On several occasions in October and November 2017, accessed vials of liquid opioids designated for patient use, removed them from a locked storage cart, and stole the prescriptions for personal use, leaving behind vials filled with saline | not stated | Pleaded guilty December 7, 2018, to tampering with a consumer product and acquiring a controlled substance by deception; sentenced April 5, 2019, to 24 months in federal prison plus 2 years of supervised release | none documented | source |
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Missouri Pharmacy Technician Sentenced in Controlled Substance Diversion Case (2019)
2019
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Missouri Missouri |
Mercy Hospital pharmacy technician, Springfield, Mo. (Missouri) | Fentanyl, morphine | Charge as worded in the source: tampering with a consumer product | not stated | Sentenced (2019) to 36 months in prison | none documented | source |
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North Colorado Medical Center Nurse Stole Opioids from Locked Dispensing System
2018-04-26
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Colorado Greeley, Colorado |
North Colorado Medical Center (Greeley, CO) | Fentanyl, morphine, hydromorphone | Theft from locked automated dispensing system; used drugs while on shift | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Apr 26, 2018 to 4 months + 1 year supervised release | none documented | source |
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