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Showing 155 of 730 cases · page 9 of 20.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Registered nurse accused of diverting controlled substances from Wisconsin health care facilities
2021-03
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Wisconsin Waukesha, WI |
multiple health care facilities in Wisconsin | controlled substances | Alleged diversion of controlled substances from facilities for personal use and repeated improper administration and wasting of controlled substances; complaints also alleged obtaining and ingesting steroids without a prescription, stealing saline syringes, impairment at work, and failed reasonable suspicion drug tests. | not stated | Interim order suspending the registered nurse license pending final resolution; the nurse voluntarily agreed not to practice in Wisconsin or under multistate privileges during the investigation. | none documented | source |
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Assisted living facility nurse diverted Vicodin from a resident for personal use
2021-02
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Wisconsin Sturgeon Bay, WI |
an assisted living facility | Vicodin | Diverted Vicodin from a resident for personal use on April 30 and May 1, 2019. | not stated | License suspended for an indefinite period; suspension may be stayed upon compliance with conditions including treatment, monitoring, and practice limitations. | none documented | source |
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Walgreens pharmacy technician diverted Norco 10 and Norco 7.5
2020-07
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Mississippi | Walgreens pharmacy | Norco 10 and Norco 7.5 | admitted to taking Norco 10 and Norco 7.5 from the Walgreens pharmacy where she worked | not stated | The board accepted the voluntary surrender of the pharmacy technician registration, revoked it, and imposed $250 in investigation costs. | none documented | source |
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Walgreens pharmacist diverted Adderall and Allegra D
2020-07
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Mississippi McComb, MS |
Walgreens pharmacy | Adderall and Allegra D | admitted to taking Adderall and Allegra D from the Walgreens pharmacy where she worked | not stated | The board accepted the voluntary surrender of the pharmacist license, revoked it, and imposed $750 in investigation costs. | none documented | source |
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Pharmacy technician diverted OxyContin from AccuDose machines at Baptist Medical Center
2020-07
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Mississippi | Baptist Medical Center | OxyContin | admitted to taking OxyContin from the AccuDose machines at Baptist Medical Center | not stated | The board accepted the voluntary surrender of the pharmacy technician registration, revoked it, and imposed $250 in investigation costs. | none documented | source |
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Pharmacy technician diverted Norco, Percocet, and MS Contin from Magee General Hospital pharmacy
2020-07
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Mississippi | Magee General Hospital pharmacy | Norco, Percocet and MS Contin | admitted to taking Norco, Percocet and MS Contin from the pharmacy at Magee General Hospital where she worked | not stated | The board accepted the voluntary surrender of the pharmacy technician registration, revoked it, and imposed $350 in investigation costs. | none documented | source |
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Savage Family Pharmacy Pays $180,480 to Settle Controlled Substances Act Recordkeeping Violations
2020-06-08
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Pennsylvania Waynesboro, Pennsylvania |
Retail pharmacy — Savage Family Pharmacy (Waynesboro, PA) | Oxycodone and hydrocodone — tens of thousands of unaccounted doses | Failed to reconcile inventories against the perpetual log and allowed altered counts and removed log pages, enabling undetected employee diversion over several years | not stated | Agreed June 2020 to pay $180,480 in civil penalties to resolve CSA recordkeeping violations | $180,480 (civil penalty) | source |
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ICU nurse at a Sioux Falls hospital accused of diverting fentanyl, lorazepam and hydromorphone after medication records review
2020-06
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South Dakota Sioux Falls, SD |
Avera McKennan Hospital | fentanyl, lorazepam (Ativan), hydromorphone | Alleged diversion: a medication log review showed an atypically high fentanyl removal rate; a review of 16 charts found 12 areas of concern, including unaccounted amounts of 275 micrograms of fentanyl and 3 milligrams each of lorazepam and hydromorphone, and 66 of 669 medications not scanned as administered or wasted. | not stated | Terminated in 2016; sued for wrongful discharge, breach of contract and defamation; circuit court granted the hospital summary judgment, upheld by the South Dakota Supreme Court; the Board of Nursing investigated and ordered counseling, while other reported agencies took no action. | none documented | source |
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