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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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UW Hospital nurse charged in morphine and hydromorphone syringe diversion
2014-03
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Wisconsin Madison, WI |
UW Hospital | morphine and hydromorphone | Admitted to hospital staff that she was diverting pain-management drugs and taking them for herself since October 2013; a police investigation found she accessed morphine syringes from a secured machine, replaced them with syringes containing water or an unknown liquid, and took the morphine syringes for herself in at least 42 instances. | not stated | Arrested on June 12 and was to be charged with 42 felony counts of diversion of drugs and 42 counts of reckless injury; no longer employed by UW Hospital. | none documented | source |
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Traveling Radiologic Technologist Sentenced for Fentanyl Diversion and Multistate Hepatitis C Outbreak — New Hampshire, 2013
2013-12-02
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New Hampshire Exeter, New Hampshire |
Exeter Hospital, NH, and hospitals in at least seven other states (traveling technologist) | Fentanyl | Stole fentanyl syringes, self-injected, replaced with saline-filled used syringes | not stated | Pleaded guilty to 8 counts; sentenced to 39 years in federal prison | none documented | source |
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Delaware nurse suspended two years after unrecorded cabinet withdrawals and muscle-relaxant theft at a state prison
2013-11-07
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Delaware | Hospital in Lewes, then Sussex Correctional Institute in Georgetown | Vicodin (one pill) and Soma, a muscle relaxant | not stated | Registered nurse (previously licensed practical nurse) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Hospital pharmacist convicted of stealing oxycodone and Ambien from Mid Coast Hospital for personal use
2013-10
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Maine Brunswick, ME |
Mid Coast Hospital | Oxycodone and Ambien | Diverted Oxycodone and Ambien from the hospital for personal use; pleaded guilty to two counts of Stealing Drugs in connection with a series of thefts in 2011 and 2012. | not stated | Convicted after guilty plea; sentenced to 2 years imprisonment with all but 14 days suspended and 2 years probation on the felony Oxycodone charge; concurrent 14 days imprisonment on the misdemeanor Ambien charge; ordered to pay $800 in fines; probation condition prohibiting employment with access to controlled substances; pharmacist license revoked in April 2012. | none documented | source |
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Hospital Nurse Sentenced for Diverting Dilaudid, Causing Patient Infections — Minnesota, 2013
2013-03-20
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Minnesota St. Cloud, Minnesota |
Hospital in St. Cloud, MN (unnamed in DOJ release) | Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) | Withdrew Dilaudid from patients' IV bags via hospital lockboxes, reinjected saline to mask the theft | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 24 months federal prison | $340,000 (restitution) | source |
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VA Hospital Pharmacy Technician Sentenced for Stealing Oxycodone and Other Narcotics — Oregon, 2013
2013-01-31
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Oregon Roseburg, Oregon |
Roseburg VA Medical Center pharmacy, Roseburg, OR | Oxycodone, clonazepam, zolpidem, and OxyContin | Manipulated the pharmacy's narcotics tracking/dispensing system to divert pills | not stated | Sentenced to 24 months in federal prison | $23,475 (restitution) | source |
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DC hospital medical technician sold patient data and blank prescription forms used for forged oxycodone scripts
2012-09-21
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District of Columbia | University hospital in Washington, DC | Oxycodone (obtained by a third party through forged prescriptions) | not stated | Medical technician, hospital general surgery department | not stated | none documented | source |
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Nurse Sentenced for Diverting Hydromorphone via Drug Cabinet Login Credentials — Minnesota, 2012
2012-01-20
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Minnesota Minnesota |
Unnamed Minnesota hospital (automated dispensing cabinet access) | Hydromorphone | Used personal login credentials to withdraw the drug from automated dispensing cabinets | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 3 years probation | none documented | source |
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