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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Wayne County LPN Sentenced to Jail for Diverting Oxycodone from Nursing Home Patients
2016-01-06
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New York Newark, NY |
Nursing home (DeMay Living Center, Newark, NY) | Oxycodone and other narcotic pills | Falsified medication administration records for 14 residents while diverting the pills for personal use | not stated | Pleaded guilty June 2015; sentenced to 99 days in jail January 6, 2016 after violating plea conditions | none documented | source |
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Worcester Nurse Pleads Guilty to Stealing Oxycodone from Nursing Home Patients
2015-11-05
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Massachusetts Worcester, Massachusetts |
Nursing care facility (Worcester, MA) | Oxycodone tablets, three patients | Stole prescribed tablets, substituted look-alike antihistamine/antidepressant pills | not stated | Pleaded guilty Nov 5, 2015; faced up to 4 years in prison | none documented | source |
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Massachusetts General Hospital Pays $2.3M in Drug Diversion Settlement
2015-09-28
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Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts |
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA) | Oxycodone and other pills — ~16,000 stolen by two nurses; 20,000+ records discrepancy | Inadequate monitoring and access controls on automated dispensing machines; incomplete recordkeeping | not stated | Civil settlement, $2.3 million — announced Sep 28, 2015 | $2,300,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Madison hospital nurse stole fentanyl vials
2015-08-19
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Wisconsin Madison, WI |
a Madison hospital | fentanyl | stole vials of fentanyl from a hospital; said she had wanted help before being caught diverting | not stated | nursing license fully reinstated | none documented | source |
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Southern Tier LPN Pleads Guilty to Diverting Percocet from Nursing Home Patients
2015-08-12
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New York Horseheads, NY |
Nursing home (Elcor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Horseheads, NY) | Percocet (oxycodone-acetaminophen) | Falsified records indicating narcotics were administered to eight residents while diverting the pills for personal use | not stated | Pleaded guilty August 12, 2015 to falsifying business records, petit larceny, and criminal possession of a controlled substance | none documented | source |
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Nurse at a medical center in Caliente investigated for unaccounted morphine; license revoked
2015-08
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Nevada Caliente, NV |
a medical center in Caliente, Nevada | morphine | investigated for two 2015 incidents involving unaccounted morphine; investigation indicated obtaining morphine syringes for patients but failing to document whether the drug was administered | not stated | Nevada State Board of Nursing revoked the nursing license for five years for unprofessional conduct | none documented | source |
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Pharmacy technician diverted over 216,000 Norco tablets from a retail pharmacy while the pharmacist-in-charge failed to detect the theft
2015-08
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California West Hills, CA |
retail pharmacy (Target) | Norco (hydrocodone/acetaminophen) | A pharmacy technician diverted the drug over a roughly two-year period by repeatedly ordering large quantities to be delivered on days she worked, intercepting and hiding the bottles in the storeroom, destroying the packing invoices, and removing the drugs to her car while the on-duty pharmacist was on break. The pharmacist-in-charge failed to review delivery invoices, restrict access to the phone-ordering passcode, or conduct random audits that could have detected the diversion sooner. | not stated | The California State Board of Pharmacy found grounds for discipline after a hearing and revoked the pharmacist-in-charge's license but stayed the revocation, placing the license on three years' probation with conditions; a petition for writ of administrative mandate challenging the discipline was denied, and the Court of Appeal affirmed. | none documented | source |
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Minnesota Paramedic Stole Ambulance Morphine, Replaced It with Saline
2015-07-16
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Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Allina Health ambulance service (Minneapolis, MN) | Morphine and hydromorphone — ambulance patient supply | Withdrew drug with syringe from ambulance stock, refilled vials with saline | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Jul 16, 2015 to 3 years probation | none documented | source |
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