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Showing 164 of 730 cases · page 12 of 21.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Missoula Hospital Nurse Sentenced for Diverting Fentanyl and Hydromorphone
2022-04-26
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Montana Missoula, Montana |
Hospital (Community Medical Center, Missoula, Montana) | Fentanyl and hydromorphone | Diverted vials and syringes during patient care and had a coworker unknowingly witness the disposal of tampered medication | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 2 years probation and a $2,000 fine | $2,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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Ulster County Dentist Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining Oxycodone in a Patient's Name
2022-04-14
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New York Stone Ridge, New York |
Dentist, Stone Ridge, NY practice | Oxycodone | Fraudulently submitted an oxycodone prescription in a patient's name and date of birth for a patient she was not treating, then filled it at a Woodstock, NY pharmacy for her own use | not stated | Pleaded guilty Apr 14, 2022 to acquiring a controlled substance by fraud; agreed to surrender medical license and DEA registration eligibility; sentencing set for Aug 25, 2022 | $100,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Jacksonville Hospital ICU Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering With Patients' Fentanyl
2022-04-13
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Florida Jacksonville, Florida |
Hospital neurological ICU (Jacksonville, Florida) | Injectable fentanyl | Removed fentanyl from syringes, replaced it with saline, and reglued tamper-evident caps to conceal the substitution | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentencing pending | none documented | source |
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Worcester County Nursing Home Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering With a Dementia Patient's Morphine
2022-03-08
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Massachusetts Northborough, Massachusetts |
Nursing home dementia care unit (Worcester County, Massachusetts) | Morphine sulfate | Removed liquid morphine from a patient's bottle and diluted the remainder with water | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentencing pending | none documented | source |
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Danville Hospital Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Fentanyl and Hydromorphone
2022-03-04
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Virginia Danville, Virginia |
RN, Sovah Health-Danville (Danville, VA) | Fentanyl and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) vials | Popped tops off fentanyl vials in an AcuDose machine using her unique access code, diverting the drug for personal use; denied tampering to investigators in two separate interviews before admitting it | not stated | Pleaded guilty May 2021; sentenced Mar 4, 2022 to 36 months in federal prison | $4,360,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Cedar Rapids Surgery Center Nurse Sentenced for Tampering With Fentanyl Vials
2022-01-21
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Iowa Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
Outpatient surgery center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Fentanyl | Punctured fentanyl vial caps with a needle to withdraw the drug, refilled with saline, and reglued the caps to disguise the tampering | not stated | Pleaded guilty to drug fraud and product misbranding; sentenced to 5 years probation, $10,000 fine, forfeited nursing license | $10,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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Physician pleads guilty to illegally prescribing opioids and falsifying records at a Lake Milton medical office
2022-01
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Ohio Lake Milton, OH |
a medical office in Lake Milton, Ohio | opioids including oxycodone and hydrocodone, often in combination with benzodiazepines and stimulants | illegally prescribed controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose; used false diagnoses, falsified patient pain intensity scales in medical charts, increased dosages, and prescribed for prolonged periods without evidence of efficacy; ignored urine drug screen results and warning signs of patient addiction and abuse; unlawfully prescribed opioids to two patients who later fatally overdosed and to an individual under the age of 21 | not stated | pleaded guilty to illegally distributing controlled substances, causing the deaths of two patients, unlawfully distributing a controlled substance to a person under the age of 21, and health care fraud; sentencing scheduled for May 17, 2022 | none documented | source |
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Confluence Health Clinic Nurse Tampered with Morphine Vials
2021-12-07
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Washington Moses Lake, Washington |
Outpatient clinic (Confluence Health), Washington | Morphine | Removed morphine from vials with a syringe, replaced it with saline, and glued vial caps back to conceal the tampering | not stated | Pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product; sentencing pending | none documented | source |
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