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| Moorehead previously surrendered his nursing license under a 2008 Iowa Board of Nursing agreement after being fired from North Iowa Mercy Health Center in Mason City and Genesis Health Center in Davenport for stealing opioids. Moorehead regained his nursing license in June 2011 and had been working at Franklin General since March 2012 until he | 1227 E Rusholme St Davenport, IA 52803 | Genesis Medical Center - Davenport East Rusholme Street | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Moorehead previously surrendered his nursing license under a 2008 Iowa Board of Nursing agreement after being fired from North Iowa Mercy Health Center in Mason City and Genesis Health Center in Davenport for stealing opioids. Moorehead regained his nursing license in June 2011 and had been working at Franklin General since March 2012 until he | 1000 4th St SW, Mason City, IA 50401 | Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Wettlaufer got fired from the Geraldton District Hospital in 1995 after she was caught high on drugs that she admitted stealing on the overnight shift. The next two decades saw Wettlaufer disciplined multiple times for a litany of medication errors, conflicts with co-workers, poor treatment of nursing home residents and generally shoddy work. She confessed | 500 Hogarth Ave, Geraldton, ON, Canada | Geraldton District Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Charged this week in Delaware Circuit Court 2 with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or deceit, furnishing false or fraudulent information, and failure to make, keep or furnish records. All three counts are Level 6 felonies carrying maximum 30-month prison terms. In an affidavit filed Tuesday, Jack Beckley, a drug diversion investigator with the | 2401 W University Ave, Muncie, IN 47303 | Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| used a syringe to steal fentanyl and other powerful painkillers from vials, then replaced the painkillers with sterile water. Many of the painkillers were to be used for patients undergoing surgery or giving birth. Several lawsuits subsequently were filed against the hospital by former patients who say they suffered needless pain because of the theft | 1660 60th St, West Des Moines, IA 50266 | Methodist West Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A 37-year-old former at the was placed on probation for stealing drugs from the hospital. Federal prosecutors say Heydon White, a pharmacy technician, admitted that he stole the painkiller fentanyl from cabinets at the University of Kansas Hospital. He was responsible for stocking the computerized cabinets and removing expired medication for disposal. Prosecutors say White | 4000 Cambridge St, Kansas City, KS 66160 | University of Kansas Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Officials with the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office said that office is considering charges against a nurse, Samantha Moyer, after Alan King, a patient’s husband, accused Moyer of stealing medication from his wife. Alan King, whose wife had surgery at Kettering Medical Center for a life-threatening illness, said she was in unnecessary agony in the days | 3535 Southern Blvd Dayton, OH 45429 | Kettering Medical Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Georgia nurse arrested after submitting a self-report form to the Board of Nursing admitting she diverted morphine, Ativan, and Benadryl from her workplace. | 4700 Waters Ave, Savannah, GA 31404 | Memorial Health University Medical Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| See description for McKay-Dee Hospital. Health officials believe Neilson may have exposed as many as 7,200 patients to the hepatitis C genotype B strain. Of those patients, roughly 4,800 were treated at Ogden’s McKay-Dee Hospital — where Neilson worked from June 2013 to November 2014 — and 2,369 were at Davis Hospital and Medical Center, | 1600 Antelope Dr, Layton, UT 84041 | Davis Hospital And Medical Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| 12,000 exposed to Hepatitis C in seven states after stealing fentanyl and refilling syringes with saline to be later injected into patients. | 3401 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140 | Temple University Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Jmes Rellihan: On Feb. 26, Rellihan showed up at the Normal nursing home where he had previously worked. He went to a patient’s room where he removed a fentanyl patch from a man with dementia, according to the charges. | 509 N Adelaide St, Normal, IL 61761 | Heritage Health | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A former nurse who diluted Valium intended for disabled patients pleaded guilty to two charges of tampering with a consumer product. Kristie Ann Mollohan of Kalamazoo entered the pleas Thursday, Aug. 30, in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids. A third tampering charge will be dismissed. The maximum penalty is 10 years in prison. She | 3125 W Main St C, Kalamazoo, MI 49006 | Lakeshore Home Health Care Services | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Surgical tech who exposed thousands across four states to hepatitis and HIV sentenced to more than 6 years for drug theft. | 501 E Hampden Ave, Englewood, CO 80113 | Swedish Medical Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| 7,200 exposed to hepatitis C after investigation linked the same hepatitis from a patient treated at the hospital where a nurse diverted drugs in 2014. | 4401 Harrison Blvd, Ogden, UT 84403 | McKay - Dee Hospital Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A judge sent a Kentucky nurse to prison for tampering with drugs while working in a Roanoke hospital. The investigation that led to charges against Joseph Edward Howard found vials with diluted fentanyl and glued-on caps at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, a court filing said. Howard, 34, of Catlettsburg, a traveling nurse who had been | 1906 Belleview Ave SE, Roanoke, VA 24014 | Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Federal agents have arrested a Rancho Cordova nurse in what they describe as a scheme to run an online pharmacy that sold more than 20,000 opioid prescription pills to customers nationwide using dark web internet accounts. Carrie Alaine Markis, 46, was arrested Thursday on charges of conspiracy and distribution of fentanyl and was being held | Rancho Cordova California | November 19, 2019 | View full detail | |
| Pharmacy Technician charged with stealing nearly 18,000 pills and vials of medication, including opiates like Percocet, OxyContin and fentanyl, over a 13-month period. The Technician accomplished the thefts by altering pill counts and marking multiple bottles of pills as “expired,” which allowed her to remove them from secure automated dispensing machines, One state investigator called | 85 Herrick St, Beverly, MA 01915 | Beverly Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best- states/nebraska/articles/2018-04-02/nurse-accused-of-stealing-painkillers-fr om-lincoln-hospital&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzY1NDE1Mjc3MzM1NjU2NTc4MjIaOTE4ZTE0YzY wMTg0MGQyYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFf6jEwK2tLMk0g8i9dNr5sj74Lpw> Nurse Accused of Stealing Painkillers From Lincoln Hospital She’s accused of stealing several bottles of fentanyl citrate | 2300 S 16th St, Lincoln, NE 68502 | Bryan Medical Center - West | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Seattle cancer treatment center agrees to pay $250,000 after nurse's theft of 96,000 oxycodone pills over the course of 2 years. | 1354 Aloha St, Seattle, WA 98109 | Seattle Cancer Care Alliance | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Hofmann stole hundreds of medication pills, including hydrocodone, oxycodone and other narcotics, from hospitals in Albany, Corvallis, Lincoln City and Salem. | 1046 6th Ave SW, Albany, OR 97321 | Samaritan Albany General Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A Springfield man who worked as a paramedic and EMT for several emergency medical transportation companies pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to stealing fentanyl and morphine and replacing the drugs with saline solution. McCleary worked at several health care facilities as an emergency medical technician (EMT) between Sept. 25, 2015, and Feb. 21, 2018. | 1100 Cherry St, Lamar, MO 64759 | Barton County Emergency Medical Service | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A Springfield man who worked as a paramedic and EMT for several emergency medical transportation companies pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to stealing fentanyl and morphine and replacing the drugs with saline solution. McCleary worked at several health care facilities as an emergency medical technician (EMT) between Sept. 25, 2015, and Feb. 21, 2018. | 1423 N Jefferson Ave, Springfield, MO 65802 | Cox North Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A Springfield man who worked as a paramedic and EMT for several emergency medical transportation companies pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to stealing fentanyl and morphine and replacing the drugs with saline solution. McCleary worked at several health care facilities as an emergency medical technician (EMT) between Sept. 25, 2015, and Feb. 21, 2018. | 513 E 13th Street Grove OK 74344 | Grove Emergency Medical Service | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A Springfield man who worked as a paramedic and EMT for several emergency medical transportation companies pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to stealing fentanyl and morphine and replacing the drugs with saline solution. McCleary worked at several health care facilities as an emergency medical technician (EMT) between Sept. 25, 2015, and Feb. 21, 2018. | 3125 Dr Russell Smith Way, Carthage, MO 64836 | Mercy Hosptial Carthage | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A nurse, one of three, was charged in Warren County Common Pleas Court with theft of drugs and illegal processing of drug documents. The nurse will face potential sanctions that could include the loss of her nursing license through the Ohio Board of Nursing. She is accused of taking patients’ painkillers and using them herself, | 730 Hillcrest Ave, Carlisle, OH 45005 | Carlisle Manor Health Care | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
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