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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Surgery Center RN Sentenced for Swapping Fentanyl for Saline in ~450 Vials
2023-06-27
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Florida Jensen Beach, Florida |
Circulating nurse, outpatient surgical center (Jensen Beach, Martin County, FL) | Fentanyl — swapped for saline in ~450 vials | Extracted fentanyl from vials Feb 28-Apr 18, 2022, replaced with saline, returned vials to the center for use on patients | not stated | Sentenced to 48 months + 3 yrs supervised release | none documented | source |
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Raleigh-Area Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Surgical Patients' Painkillers
2023-05-22
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North Carolina Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina |
Surgical practice, Fuquay-Varina/Raleigh, NC | Fentanyl, morphine, meperidine | Extracted drug from 78+ vials, refilled with saline | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced May 2023 to 48 months | none documented | source |
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Surgical practice nurse sentenced for tampering with fentanyl, morphine, and meperidine and replacing them with saline
2023-05
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North Carolina Raleigh, NC |
a Raleigh-area surgical practice | fentanyl, morphine, and meperidine | extracted medication from vials of fentanyl, morphine, and meperidine and replaced it with saline, compromising at least 78 vials, including those intended for surgical patients; testing found compromised vials contained less than 15% of the actual medication and that tampering rendered multiple vials unsterile | not stated | sentenced to 48 months in prison and three years of supervised release; pleaded guilty to the charges; plea agreement requires permanent surrender of the nursing license | none documented | source |
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Chicago-Area Rehab Center Nursing Director Pleads Guilty to Diluting Patients' Morphine
2023-04-11
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Illinois Chicago, Illinois |
Medical rehabilitation center | Liquid morphine | Removed morphine from prescribed bottles, diluted remaining doses with another liquid, and administered the weakened doses to patients | not stated | Pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product (April 2023); sentencing pending | none documented | source |
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Missouri Methadone Clinic Owner Admits Diluting Methadone to Conceal a Shortage from the DEA
2023-02-03
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Missouri Leadington, Missouri |
DEA-registered outpatient methadone clinic (narcotic treatment program), Leadington, Missouri | Methadone oral concentrate | Diluted the clinic's bulk methadone supply with saline and water to conceal a shortage from the DEA, after submitting an inaccurate loss-report form | not stated | Pleaded guilty, February 2023, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri; DEA registration surrendered; sentencing scheduled for May 2023 | none documented | source |
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Pain clinic nurse practitioner conspired to dispense fentanyl by forging a physician's signature on prescriptions
2023-01
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Alabama | a pain management clinic | fentanyl (Subsys and Abstral, Schedule II) | Convicted of conspiring to prescribe fentanyl outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose; admitted to seeing patients without physician oversight while impaired by her own drug use, and to asking a co-defendant nurse practitioner to forge a physician's signature on controlled-substance prescriptions. | not stated | Sentenced to 20 months in federal prison after a 50% sentence reduction for cooperating in the prosecution of the clinic's co-owning physicians. | none documented | source |
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Iowa Nurse Pleads Guilty to Diverting Fentanyl From Elderly Patients' IV Pumps
2022-11-21
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Iowa Clear Lake, Iowa |
Healthcare facility caring for elderly patients, Iowa | Liquid fentanyl | Withdrew fentanyl directly from patients' IV pumps using a syringe, diverting doses meant for their pain management | not stated | Pleaded guilty to acquiring a controlled substance by fraud, deception, and subterfuge; sentencing pending | none documented | source |
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Emergency room nurse sentenced to probation for diverting fentanyl from a Lincoln hospital pharmacy
2022-06
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Nebraska Lincoln, NE |
CHI Health St. Elizabeth | fentanyl | Checked out fentanyl from the hospital pharmacy more than 200 times between May and June 2022; 55 discrepancies were found; 2.65 mg of fentanyl was unaccounted for; in some cases checked out fentanyl without a doctor's order and in others reported administering it within five minutes of patient discharge; denied stealing or using the drug but urine tested positive for fentanyl. | not stated | Pleaded guilty to acquiring a controlled substance by fraud; sentenced to three years of probation; gave up nursing license. | none documented | source |
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