What Happened
At a hospital in Prince George's County, Maryland, a lead pharmacy technician was investigated for diverting Oxycodone.
The Board found the technician switched Oxycodone 5 mg tablets with Fludrocortisone 0.1 mg tablets during prepackaging to refill an automated medication dispensing system and entered zero-count refills to hide the swap. The technician admitted at the evidentiary hearing to switching the drugs and personally ingesting the Oxycodone. The Board revoked the technician's registration.
What the Record Shows
Registration revoked.
Why It Matters for Diversion Programs
This entry comes from a primary source rather than a federal enforcement release, and it is recorded as reported: Switched Oxycodone 5 mg tablets with Fludrocortisone 0.1 mg tablets during prepackaging to refill an automated medication dispensing system and entered zero-count refills to conceal the swap; admitted to personally ingesting the Oxycodone.. Board and news records are a lagging indicator - by the time a licensing authority or a reporter learns of a diversion, the diversion was normally detected internally first, which makes each entry a signal that inventory reconciliation, waste observation or dispensing oversight failed earlier.