West Virginia retailers say drug dealers are having a tougher time getting their hands on over-the-counter medications containing pseudoephedrine...
Hospitals and health systems play a central role in helping to address the opioid crisis. Even before increased national...
Drug diversion reported at Duluth facility; Stealing medications was easy, ex-staffer says
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A staff member who allegedly stole drugs from eight clients at the Benedictine Living Community of Duluth told an...
CHARLES CITY — A Charles City nurse anesthetist has been indicted on allegations he siphoned opioid painkillers from the...
HARRISBURG — The number of arrests for drug theft by health care workers increased statewide for the second year...
Identifying Drug Diversion at Piedmont Athens: from weeks to 24 hours
/ / / Announcements, Healthcare
THE PROBLEM The hospital embraced the culture of responsibility in healthcare, realizing the risk of drug diversion within healthcare...
BOSTON — The theft of more than 18,000 pills, mostly opioids, from Beverly Hospital is spurring calls on Beacon...
A year-long investigation by federal drug agents has resulted in criminal charges against several physicians and other healthcare providers...
BEVERLY — The theft of nearly 18,000 pills, most of them opioids, from Beverly Hospital is the largest incidence...
BEVERLY, Mass. — Enormous amounts of addictive narcotics are stolen from U.S. hospitals every year and no federal agency...
