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Most providers administer medications responsibly. But a growing number of providers are diverting drugs for personal use or re-sale.
It is estimated that more than 10% of all healthcare workers will steal opioids and other substances from patients and hospitals at some point in their career. It’s happening in all hospitals, in every town.
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| Summary of Diversion Incident | Address of Incident | Facility | Updated | |
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| Former hospital pharmacy technician pleaded guilty to taking more than 700 tablets of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, valued at about $6,700. | 1000 W Carson St, Torrance, CA 90502 | Harbor-UCLA Medical Center | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| Registered nurse accused of stealing medication from Sarasota hospital | 5731 Bee Ridge Rd 1st Floor, Sarasota, FL 34233 | Doctors Hospital of Sarasota | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| El Paso hospital warehouse manager arrested in theft of boxes with N95 masks, police say | 10301 Gateway Blvd W, El Paso, TX 79925 | Del Sol Medical Center | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| South Carolina nurse fired from her job at a South Carolina prison after authorities say she was found with pills in her bag that belonged to inmates. | 1578 Clarence Coker Hwy, Turbeville, SC 29162 | Turbeville Correctional Institution | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| Bartell Drug chain settles allegations it filled invalid prescriptions | 4025 Delridge Way Southwest, Seattle, WA 98106, USA | Bartell Drug Inc. | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| The Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing imposed a four-year probation on the registered nurse license of Kerry Donlon of the Oakville section of Watertown, who stole multiple opioids and other drugs from two separate facilities in New Haven and Bridgeport, CT. | 2800 Main St, Bridgeport, CT, USA | St. Vincent's Medical Center | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| Connecticut Nurse has six months added to her already 2 year probation after testing positive for an anti-anxiety medication and violated a previous board order. | Connecticut, USA | February 11, 2021 | View full detail | |
| Pharmacy technician voluntarily surrenders license after being accused of drug diversion. | 416 Mary Lindsay Polk Dr, Franklin, TN 37067, USA | Clinical Solutions Pharmacy | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| Attorney General Andy Beshear and the Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse indicted a Richmond Recovery Center doctor and nurse on multiple felony charges. | 1049 Center Dr, Richmond, KY 40475, USA | Richmond Recovery Center | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| CEO of Non-Profit Accused of Stealing Vaccines. Nurse says she saw CEO grab a handful of vaccines and stuff them in his bag, along with the corresponding CDC vaccination record cards. The CEO initially denied the nurse's account but eventually admitted he took doses home during a Jan. 28 interview on NBC's Today show. | 1101 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 | Pennsylvania Convention Center, a temporary COVID-19 vaccination clinic operated by Philly Fighting Covid | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| A Stamford doctor was arraigned in June, 2019 on charges related to the distribution of certain prescription drugs. | Darien, CT | Dr. Ajay S. Ahuja, M.D Office | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| Stephen R. Kovacs, D.O. | 13616 E. 103rd St. Owasso, OK 74055 | Stephen R Kovacs Medical Offices in Owasso, OK | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| Suspect Logged Into Electronic Prescription Program as Ophthalmologist to Fraudulently Issue Opioid Scripts | Rochester, NY, USA | Cornerstone Eye Associates | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| Wisconsin nurse accused of stealing pain pills at a Wausau hospital; then later of bringing crystal meth into a public school. | Wausau Hospital Center, Pine Ridge Boulevard, Wausau, WI, USA | February 11, 2021 | View full detail | |
| Nurse caught twice stealing controlled substances from a nusing hoine and assisting living facility in Appton, Wisconsin | Appleton, WI | February 11, 2021 | View full detail | |
| Georgia registered nurse arrested and charged after patient's pain medication was replaced with a counterfeit substance. | 4700 Waters Ave, Savannah, GA 31404 | Memorial Health University Medical Center | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| A home health nurse in Wisconsin was caught three times diverting medications from patients she cared for in their homes. | Waukessha, WI | Patient's Home | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| Austin TX nurse accused of stealing drugs from hospice patient. | Austin, TX, USA | Hospice patient's home | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| Maryland pharmacist admits to filling fake prescriptions in exchange for sexual favors | Towson, MD, USA | February 11, 2021 | View full detail | |
| Howard Gregg Diamond pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and health care fraud and aiding and abetting today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Christine Nowak in Grayson County, Texas. | Sherman, TX | February 11, 2021 | View full detail | |
| Michelle Brown, a Lakewood, OH nurse was accused of stealing pain medication from patients while working at a nursing home. | 13330 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH 44107 | Crestmont North Nursing Facility | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| Nurse acquired pain meds from patients in her care at a nursing home by fraud, and is also charged with tampering by diluting liquid morphine with mouthwash. | 709 W Main St, Manchester, IA 52057 | Regional Medical Center | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| Someone swapped cough syrup for Morphine at an Indiana nursing home. | 1420 E Douglas Rd, Mishawaka, IN 46545, USA | Creekside Village | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| Dentist pais $200,000 to resolve allegations of illegitimate controlled substance prescribing | 4144 Breton Rd SE, Kentwood, MI 49512 | Dentist Office | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
| An investigation identified a health care worker who was diverting injectable narcotics for personal use as the likely source of 13 hepatitis C virus infections in an ED in Washington state. | Washington, US | February 11, 2021 | View full detail |
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