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Showing 186 of 730 cases · page 17 of 24.
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Boise hospital nurse diverted fentanyl vials by falsifying dispensing-system records
2019-04
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Idaho Boise, ID |
a hospital in Boise, Idaho | fentanyl, 100 mcg/2 mL vials | Employed as a registered nurse at a Boise hospital with access to a system that monitored the distribution and management of prescription medications, including controlled substances, the nurse accessed the machine and removed fentanyl 100 mcg/2 mL vials on at least 28 occasions by falsifying and manipulating information in the system; the case was charged as obtaining controlled substances by fraud. | not stated | Pleaded guilty on Oct. 25, 2018, and was sentenced to three years of probation, per the U.S. Attorney's office; investigated by a DEA-led Tactical Diversion Squad. | none documented | source |
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Army hospital pharmacy technician admitted stealing and distributing hydrocodone and oxycodone
2019-02
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Hawaii Oahu, Hawaii |
Tripler Army Medical Center | hydrocodone or oxycodone | charged with and later admitted stealing and distributing 8,505 pills containing five milligrams of either hydrocodone or oxycodone from the hospital's pharmacy vault | not stated | charged; later admitted; serving a one-year sentence in a federal correctional institution in California | none documented | source |
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KU Hospital Pharmacy Tech Stole 483 Bags of Fentanyl
2018-12-10
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Kansas Kansas City, Kansas |
Pharmacy technician, University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City, KS) | Fentanyl — 483 IV bags | Used AcuDose cabinet-stocking and expired-medication disposal duties to divert bags; flagged by internal audit's high transaction count | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 3 years probation + $4,300+ restitution; pharmacy license revoked | $4,300 (restitution) | source |
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Hospital pharmacy technician diverted hydrocodone and oxycodone from a pharmacy vault through fraudulent automated dispensing transactions
2018-10
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Hawaii | Tripler Army Medical Center | hydrocodone and oxycodone (Schedule II controlled substances) | Stole 8,505 pills, each containing 5 milligrams of either hydrocodone or oxycodone, from the hospital's pharmacy vault between February 2017 and March 2018, using her authorized fingerprint and unique login to conduct 82 fraudulent transactions in the hospital's new automated medication distribution and tracking system, which she found did not require a valid prescription to dispense medication to patients being discharged; gave the pills to her boyfriend for his personal use and used some herself. | not stated | Sentenced to 12 months in jail plus six years of court supervision; pleaded guilty in June to one count each of possessing with intent to distribute hydrocodone and oxycodone; had repaid $1,033 to the hospital before sentencing. | none documented | source |
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University of Michigan Health System Pays $4.3M in Record Drug Diversion Settlement
2018-08-30
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Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan |
University of Michigan Health System, main hospital and 15 unregistered off-site clinics (Ann Arbor, MI) | Opioids including fentanyl, system-wide | Unregistered off-site narcotics distribution; recordkeeping failures; untimely theft/loss reporting to DEA | not stated | Civil settlement, $4.3 million — announced Aug 30, 2018 | $4,300,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Pharmacy Technician Diverts Fentanyl at Iowa Methodist Medical Center
2018-07-10
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Iowa Des Moines, Iowa |
Pharmacy technician, Iowa Methodist Medical Center (Des Moines, IA) | Fentanyl vials | Extracted fentanyl with syringe, self-injected, refilled vials with a different fluid, returned to storage | not stated | Sentenced Jul 10, 2018 — 30 months + 3 yrs supervised release | none documented | source |
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ED Nurse Transmits Hepatitis C to Patients at Good Samaritan Hospital
2018-05
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Washington Puyallup, Washington |
ED nurse, Good Samaritan Hospital (Puyallup, WA) | Hydromorphone and fentanyl vials | Diverted injectable narcotics for personal use, reused contaminated needles on patients, exposing 12 to hepatitis C | not stated | Pleaded guilty Sept 5, 2023 to tampering with a consumer product; faced up to 10 years | $4,000,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Health system settles alleged opioid diversion case over tens of thousands of missing oxycodone 30 mg tablets
2018-05
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Georgia Springfield, GA |
Effingham Health System | oxycodone 30 mg tablets | Alleged large-scale diversion of opioids; tens of thousands of oxycodone 30 mg tablets were reported missing over more than four years, and the health system allegedly failed to notify authorities of the suspected diversion within the time required by federal law. | not stated | Agreed to pay $4.1 million to settle the claims; the system said it has since overhauled pharmacy recordkeeping and reporting and implemented electronic inventory systems. At the time, the largest settlement of its kind for hospital drug diversion; the DEA investigation was launched in 2017. | none documented | source |
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