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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Home-Infusion Pharmacy Tech Diluted Hospice Patients' IV Opioids
2018-02-21
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Alabama Birmingham, Alabama |
ContinuumRx of Central Alabama, home-infusion pharmacy (Birmingham, AL) | Morphine sulfate and hydromorphone — IV compounding vials | Withdrew drug with syringe, refilled vials with saline/sterile water, returned to inventory | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Feb 21, 2018 to 5 years in federal prison | none documented | source |
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Birmingham Pharmacy Technician Tampered with Opioid IV Bags Prepared for Palliative Care Patients
2018-02
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Alabama Birmingham, AL |
Home-infusion pharmacy, Birmingham, AL | Morphine sulfate and hydromorphone hydrochloride | Removed drugs from vials used to mix palliative-care IV bags and replaced them with another liquid, knowing diluted bags would reach patients | not stated | Sentenced to five years in prison for tampering with opioids intended for IV fluid | none documented | source |
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Three former Trinity Hospital hospice nurses accused of stealing drugs and endangering patients
2017-09
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North Dakota Minot, ND |
Trinity Hospital's Home Health and Hospice program | morphine and hydromorphine; drugs prescribed for hospice patients | Accused of stealing drugs prescribed for hospice patients; two charged with endangering a patient by diluting medication or giving morphine instead of prescribed hydromorphine; alleged conspiracy to steal drugs; one allegedly confessed to ingesting unused medication and self-administering for over a year; investigation found multiple drug diversions in records of 104 patients. | not stated | Charged with felony offenses; two voluntarily surrendered nursing licenses after admitting to board allegations; one arrested and signed promise to appear. | none documented | source |
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Ogden hospital emergency room nurse charged with diverting morphine and dilaudid and tampering with vials, exposing patients to hepatitis C
2017-07
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Utah Ogden, UT |
McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden and Davis Hospital and Medical Center in Layton | morphine and dilaudid | Alleged diversion of controlled substances by injecting herself with morphine and dilaudid and then administering the tampered drugs to patients | not stated | Indicted on eight counts of tampering with a consumer product and eight counts of fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance; surrendered nursing license in November 2015 | none documented | source |
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Metro Jackson Hospital Nurse Charged With Embezzling Opioids
2017-05-24
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Mississippi | Hospital in the Jackson, Mississippi metro area | Dilaudid (hydromorphone) and morphine, both Schedule II | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Hospital nurse accused of embezzling Dilaudid and morphine for diversion
2017-05
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Mississippi Jackson, MS |
a metro-area hospital | Dilaudid (hydromorphone) and morphine | alleged diversion/embezzlement of Schedule II opioid medications | not stated | arrested; surrendered nursing license | none documented | source |
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MedStar Ambulance Paramedic Supervisor Charged with Tampering with Fentanyl and Morphine
2017-01-18
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Illinois O'Fallon, Illinois |
MedStar Ambulance Inc. (O'Fallon / Metro East St. Louis, IL) | Fentanyl and morphine — ambulance narcotic supply | Punctured tamper-resistant vial packaging with a needle, replaced drug with water/saline, falsified records to conceal losses | not stated | Indicted Jan 18, 2017; convicted on all 38 counts; sentenced Aug 21, 2018 to 111 months | none documented | source |
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Traveling nurse surrendered license after admitting to stealing fentanyl from Massachusetts hospital
2017
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Massachusetts Newburyport, MA |
Anna Jaques Hospital | fentanyl, morphine, hydromorphone | Stealing fentanyl, morphine and hydromorphone from the hospital; admitted to stealing 27 doses of fentanyl for patients already discharged. | not stated | Surrendered license as a traveling nurse in 2017. | none documented | source |
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