A Sarnia nurse who stole fentanyl from operating rooms in the community’s hospital has been handed a conditional sentence including house arrest. In August 2017, Cartwright was a permanent part-time nurse — since his arrest placed on unpaid leave by Bluewater Health — pocketed a box of drugs from the hospital and denied knowing its
Waseem Shaheen, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the fake hold-up he orchestrated as part of a complex drug-trafficking scheme.
Iowa Nurse anesthetist tampered with vials of fentanyl in a hospital’s surgery and birthing centers was sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison.
The Board of Nursing revoked the licenses of a registered nurses who diverted medication from a hospital in Kingsport and pleaded guilty to drug-related crimes. The license of Ashley L. Hagood, R.N., of Mount Carmel, was also revoked for unauthorized removal of controlled substances and problems with accuracy of patient records during her employment at
charged with stealing roughly 20,000 doses of addictive drugs over several years from his workplace. Grothaus is accused of stealing five types of drugs, mostly the sedative zolpidem (sold under the brand name Ambien) and the opioid painkiller tramadol (brand name Ultram). An internal investigation by HealthPartners at the two Park Nicollet pharmacies in July
While on medical leave in March and April 2012, Kellermann used his employee key code to enter the company after hours, deactivate the alarm and steal narcotic pain medication for his personal use, prosecutors said. Kellermann removed the plastic top of vials containing hydromorphone and morphine, inserted syringes into the vials, and withdrew drugs from
charged with stealing roughly 20,000 doses of addictive drugs over several years from his workplace. Grothaus is accused of stealing five types of drugs, mostly the sedative zolpidem (sold under the brand name Ambien) and the opioid painkiller tramadol (brand name Ultram). An internal investigation by HealthPartners at the two Park Nicollet pharmacies in July
The nurse, who leaders did not identify by name or age, worked in the hospital’s emergency department from Aug. 4, 2017, through March 23 of this year. She has resigned and faces an investigation by the state’s Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission, She denied any illegal activity when confronted by hospital investigators, Bredeson said, but
a nurse diverted 1,388 mg of hydromorphone over a period of three months. Hendricks Regional began subscribing to and using Omnicell's Pandora Analytics software to improve detection of drug diversion; re-educated staff; installed high-definition cameras; and increased reporting after its pharmacy discovered a nurse's diversion.
Based on "numerous incidents of diversion," Reid was cited by the Drug Enforcement Administration for "failure to provide effective controls and procedures to guard against theft and diversion of controlled substances … " On the day that Reid finally caught up with nurse Michelle Hibbard, in January of 2017, she was a walking pharmacy. Asked