Incidentcase47
Incidentcase47
For three months, he’d been secretly diverting morphine and Dilaudid, two powerful opioid painkillers, from the hospital’s automated drug dispensers and replacing them with saline solution, to be dispensed to patients. Court testimony revealed that he would use his personal password to gain access to the machine, take the drugs, and replace them with saline
For three months, he’d been secretly diverting morphine and Dilaudid, two powerful opioid painkillers, from the hospital’s automated drug dispensers and replacing them with saline solution, to be dispensed to patients. Court testimony revealed that he would use his personal password to gain access to the machine, take the drugs, and replace them with saline solution using a syringe. To cover up his theft, he smeared Krazy Glue over the hole in the container’s packaging,
Approximate date(s) of the diversion:
2014
Where the Diversion Occurred:
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
164 High St, Greenfield, MA 01301
Type of Healthcare Facility:
Hospital
