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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Westfield Nursing Facility Nurse Diluted Hospice Patient's Morphine
2021-03-30
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Massachusetts Westfield, Massachusetts |
Nursing facility (Governor's Center), Westfield, Massachusetts | Liquid morphine | Removed morphine from a hospice patient's prescribed bottle and diluted the remainder with another substance | not stated | Pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product; sentencing scheduled for June 2021 | none documented | source |
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Roswell Park Cancer Center Nurse Tampered with Patients' Hydromorphone
2021-03-10
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New York Buffalo, New York |
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (Buffalo, NY) | Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) dispensing-machine vials | Canceled dispensing transactions, removed drug, refilled vials with water | not stated | Pleaded guilty Mar 10, 2021; caused waterborne infections in 6 patients | none documented | source |
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Connecticut fertility clinic nurse replaced fentanyl with saline, leaving patients in pain
2021-03
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Connecticut | Outpatient fertility clinic | Fentanyl | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | 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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Former pharmacist-in-charge and three others charged in Warren County oxycodone diversion scheme
2021-02-24
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New Jersey | Retail pharmacy in Allamuchy, Warren County | Oxycodone 30 mg tablets and promethazine | not stated | Former registered pharmacist-in-charge, a hospital pharmacy technician, and two others | not stated | none documented | source |
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Assisted living facility nurse diverted Vicodin from a resident for personal use
2021-02
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Wisconsin Sturgeon Bay, WI |
an assisted living facility | Vicodin | Diverted Vicodin from a resident for personal use on April 30 and May 1, 2019. | not stated | License suspended for an indefinite period; suspension may be stayed upon compliance with conditions including treatment, monitoring, and practice limitations. | none documented | source |
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Oklahoma physician, pharmacist and clinic owner sentenced over pre-signed prescription scheme
2021-02
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Oklahoma | Home-visit physician practice, clinic and co-located retail pharmacy in Wellston, Oklahoma | Hydrocodone, morphine and fentanyl (prescription opioids) | not stated | Physician, licensed pharmacist and clinic owner | not stated | none documented | source |
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Warren County pharmacy: former pharmacist-in-charge and hospital pharmacy technician charged in alleged oxycodone diversion scheme
2021-02
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New Jersey | Independent retail pharmacy in Allamuchy Township, Warren County; prescription blanks allegedly taken from two hospitals in Paterson and Teaneck | Oxycodone 30 mg tablets and promethazine | not stated | Former registered pharmacist-in-charge of a retail pharmacy and a hospital pharmacy technician, plus two non-licensed co-defendants | not stated | none documented | source |
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