Pharmacists play a pivotal role working alongside the DEA and OIG in enforcing and preventing drug diversion nationally. When...
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NY: Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 70 Months for Unlawful Drug Distribution
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesDanielle Simonson, age 52, of Fort Ann, New York, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for distributing...
OR: Nurse could face dozens of lawsuits for switching fentanyl drips with tap water
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertThe first such lawsuit seeks $11.5 million on behalf of a patient who died due to bacterial infection from...
A former nurse pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to adulteration of fentanyl at a local hospital....
FL: Nurse Sentenced To Federal Prison For Illegal Prescription Scheme
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesU.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Debora Ryder (56, New Port Richey) to three years in federal...
FL: A Miami nurse collapsed in a restroom with a surgical drug IV in a leg. That’s not all
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertThe mystery of missing surgical drugs at HCA Florida Mercy Hospital ended in the right leg of a registered...
MN: Minnesota nurse pleads guilty to stealing opioid pain medications at hospice clinic
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertA registered nurse has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of prescription pain pills while working at a hospice clinic...
OR: In replacing fentanyl with tap water, Asante nurse may have caused deaths
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertA Medford nurse’s diversion of drugs is believed to have led to numerous deaths over the course of 12...
TX: Bond increased for ex-Houston Methodist nurse accused of stealing drugs and replacing them with saline
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertProsecutors said the hospital found out Alexis McNeilly was stealing medications by overriding the automatic medical dispenser system, which...
NH: Two Former Nurses Indicted in Connection to the Diversion of Dangerous Narcotics by Medical Professionals
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesA Newbury woman and Northfield woman, two former nurses, were indicted in connection to the diversion of dangerous narcotics...