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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Advanced practice nurse diverted phentermine through unauthorized prescriptions at Seacrest Village
2016-05
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New Jersey Little Egg Harbor, NJ |
Seacrest Village | phentermine (Schedule IV controlled substance) | The Board found the nurse called in multiple phentermine prescriptions under a collaborating physician's name and DEA number without authorization; she admitted writing phentermine prescriptions for facility staff and herself using the physician's pre-signed prescriptions. | not stated | Registered nurse license and advanced practice nurse certificate suspended for a minimum of three years effective 30 days after filing of the Final Order of Discipline; $5000 civil penalty. | 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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Psychiatric Hospital Settles Unregistered Methadone Clinic Allegations — Massachusetts, 2011
2011-09-27
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Massachusetts Georgetown, Massachusetts |
Baldpate Hospital, a private psychiatric hospital in Georgetown, MA | Methadone | Operated an unregistered narcotic treatment clinic; failed to maintain required methadone records/inventories | not stated | Civil settlement with DEA/U.S. Attorney's Office | $29,500 (civil settlement) | source |
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University of Utah Medical Center nurse accused of diverting Percocet by substituting Tylenol
1990-06
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Utah | University of Utah Medical Center | Percocet; Tylenol; Tylenol and Motrin combinations | Allegedly signed out Percocet prescribed to patients who had already been discharged and had not requested the drug; on about 10 occasions allegedly gave plain Tylenol or Tylenol and Motrin combinations to women who had requested Percocet and kept the Percocet for her own use; allegedly began taking one to three pills a week away from work and later used Percocet at work. | not stated | Faces sanctions against her license; charged by the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing with two counts of violating the state's Nurse Practice Act and Controlled Substance Act; had 30 days to respond, after which a hearing could be held or a settlement negotiated; voluntarily entered a drug dependency program earlier that year. | none documented | source |
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- Method: stated in 474 of 730 cases (65%)
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