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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | 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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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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North Colorado Medical Center Nurse Stole Opioids from Locked Dispensing System
2018-04-26
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Colorado Greeley, Colorado |
North Colorado Medical Center (Greeley, CO) | Fentanyl, morphine, hydromorphone | Theft from locked automated dispensing system; used drugs while on shift | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Apr 26, 2018 to 4 months + 1 year supervised release | none documented | source |
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Denver VA and ER Nurse Tampered with Fentanyl Vials, Resealed with Skin Glue
2018-04-19
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Colorado Denver, Colorado |
VA Medical Center and a free-standing UCHealth ER (Denver, CO) | Hydromorphone, morphine, fentanyl | Took leftover waste doses; tampered fentanyl vials refilled with saline, resealed with skin glue | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Apr 19, 2018 to 14 months + 3 years supervised release | none documented | source |
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Home-Infusion Pharmacy Tech Diluted Hospice Patients' IV Opioids
2018-02-21
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Alabama Birmingham, Alabama |
ContinuumRx of Central Alabama, home-infusion pharmacy (Birmingham, AL) | Morphine sulfate and hydromorphone — IV compounding vials | Withdrew drug with syringe, refilled vials with saline/sterile water, returned to inventory | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Feb 21, 2018 to 5 years in federal prison | none documented | source |
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Former registered nurse at Memorial Hospital of Converse County sentenced for stealing hydromorphone and meperidine and replacing them with saline
2018-02
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Wyoming Douglas, WY |
Memorial Hospital of Converse County | hydromorphone (Dilaudid) and meperidine (Demerol) | The former nurse pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with a consumer product and one count of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, deception or subterfuge. An indictment alleged tampering with 58 vials of hydromorphone and one container of meperidine by removing some or all of the drug and replacing it with saline solution. The former nurse admitted to stealing hydromorphone and a hospital spokesman said the former nurse personally used the drugs. | not stated | Sentenced to two concurrent eight-month prison terms and two concurrent three-year terms of supervised release, with home confinement except for court-approved activities, cognitive-behavioral treatment, and substance abuse treatment. The Wyoming State Board of Nursing suspended the nurse's license. | none documented | source |
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