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Local health authority officials in Bavaria on Monday said at least 12 people had been infected with hepatitis C after undergoing surgery in a German clinic, although the figure could rise.

Nurse Diverted from Two Facilities, Including VA. Sentenced to 14 months in prison after she pleaded guilty to stealing fentanyl, morphine and hydromorphone from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Denver.

Charged with taking fentanyl and other prescription painkillers and sedatives from the Duluth hospital on at least six occasions in November. Erik Huberty is no longer employed by Essentia Health. an internal Essentia investigation revealed unauthorized access to the operating room carts containing controlled substances on six dates between Nov. 6-18. Missing were quantities of

Mayo system caught a toxicology lab tech who, as he tested the fentanyl for evidence of diversion, was diverting.

A nurse is charged with stealing patient pain medications while she worked at a local nursing home. Jennifer L. Lewellyn was charged with Level 6 felony failure to make, keep or furnish records, Level 6 felony furnishing false or fraudulent information, Level 6 felony obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or deceit and a Class

Pierce allegedly stole morphine from one patient by signing out 10 times the amount of the drug ordered by a doctor and keeping the excess. Ten days later, she allegedly signed out 200 milligrams of fentanyl for a patient, administered 25 milligrams and retained the rest. A week after that, she allegedly took 100 milligrams

A staff member allegedly stole drugs from eight clients at the Benedictine Living Community of Duluth. They told an investigator it was easy to do so because "storage and management of medications was poor." The Minnesota Department of Health's Office of Health Facility Complaints on Tuesday reported a substantiated finding of maltreatment at the complex's

A staff member who allegedly stole drugs from eight clients at the Benedictine Living Community of Duluth told an investigator it was easy to do so because "storage and management of medications was poor." The Minnesota Department of Health's Office of Health Facility Complaints on Tuesday reported a substantiated finding of maltreatment at the complex's

in August 2015, Pierce stole a vial of morphine from an emergency kit at Vista Woods. She initially was charged with theft and prohibited acts but later agreed to a plea deal that resulted in a conviction on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, resulting in a sentence of two years’ unsupervised probation.

in August 2017, while working as a nurse at the Hawkeye Care Center in Marshalltown, Zeisneiss signed out Oxycodone and Hydrocodone pills as if she was administering them to four residents of the home but then kept the drugs for herself. Initially charged with four counts of prohibited acts and one count of tampering with