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Showing 730 of 730 cases · page 44 of 92.
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North Carolina Hospital Nurse Sentenced for Tampering With Hydromorphone Vials
2022-06-01
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North Carolina Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
Hospital pre/post-procedure unit, Winston-Salem, North Carolina | Injectable hydromorphone | Removed hydromorphone from sealed vials in an automated medication dispensing/monitoring system, injected it herself, refilled vials with saline, and reglued tamper seals before returning them to patient-use stock | not stated | Convicted of tampering with a consumer product; sentenced to 54 months in prison plus 3 years supervised release. She was already serving a three-year prison sentence for a related consumer-product-tampering conviction at a hospital in Danville, Virginia. | $3,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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Nursing home licensed practical nurse convicted of diverting 638 narcotics pills from residents
2022-06
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Alabama Georgiana, AL |
Georgiana Health and Rehabilitation. Also referred to as Butler County Nursing Home in the Attorney General's release title. | Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, Tramadol and Lorazepam | Diverted 638 narcotics pills, including hydrocodone, oxycodone, tramadol and lorazepam, from nursing home residents for whom the medications were intended; thefts occurred between November 5, 2020, and January 19, 2021. | not stated | Pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree theft of property; sentencing set for July 7; faces one to 10 years imprisonment and up to a $15,000 fine for each conviction. | 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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York, Pennsylvania Personal Care Home Nurse Sentenced for Stealing a Hospice Patient's Oxycodone
2022-05-23
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Pennsylvania York, Pennsylvania |
Personal care home for senior citizens (York, Pennsylvania) | Oxycodone | Diverted a hospice patient's prescribed pills and falsified records to conceal the theft | not stated | Sentenced to 1 year probation and a $525 fine; surrendered nursing license | $525 (criminal fine) | source |
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Baltimore Pharmacy and Pharmacist Settle Red-Flag Dispensing Allegations
2022-05-12
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Maryland Baltimore, Maryland |
Independent retail pharmacy (Ultra Care Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland) | Controlled-substance prescriptions (opioids) | Filled facially fraudulent prescriptions for multiple unrelated people presented together, ignoring cross-gender OB/GYN prescribing and identical-quantity red flags | not stated | Consent decree approved; $15,000 civil penalty and corrective red-flag procedures required | $15,000 (civil penalty) | source |
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Western Pennsylvania pharmacy owner sentenced in prescription drug fraud scheme
2022-05-05
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Pennsylvania | Four retail pharmacies in the Pittsburgh region | not stated | not stated | Pharmacist who owned and operated four pharmacies | not stated | none documented | source |
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Dearborn physician pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute hydrocodone without medical necessity
2022-05-02
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Michigan | Medical office in Dearborn | Hydrocodone | not stated | Physician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Pharmacy technician reinstated after taking a controlled substance from a pharmacy for personal use
2022-05
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Texas | a pharmacy | controlled substance | Took a controlled substance from the pharmacy for personal use (dated 06/06/2019), cited in connection with a prior board order | not stated | Granted reinstatement with 3 years probation | none documented | source |
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