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Two workers who were diverting medications overdosed on the same day. One died. For details see https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2014/04/police_u-m_doctor_overdosed_on.html

DelVecchio was found dead at the Neuroscience Hospital, 1500 East Medical Center Drive. She, too, was locked in a bathroom with hospital-issued sedation medication and a syringe.

An autopsy report obtained by The Ann Arbor News revealed Delvecchio died from a mix of the opiate fentanyl and the benzodiazepine midazolam, which are frequently used together to sedate patients before surgeries.

Delvecchio, a nurse in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, had multiple needle marks on various parts of her body, according to the autopsy.

The manner of death was ruled “apparently accidental.”

When asked if prescription drug theft was a problem at U-M health care facilities, Steigmeyer said via email, “Without question, the majority of our staff comply fully with all controlled substance laws and regulations.”

$4.3 million fine in 2018. For details about the DEA fine, see https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2018/08/university_of_michigan_health_33.html