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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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| 12,000 exposed to Hepatitis C in seven states after stealing fentanyl and refilling syringes with saline to be later injected into patients. | 1601 Watson Blvd, Warner Robins, GA 31093 | Houston Medical Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| See Exeter listing | 7503 Surratts Rd, Clinton, MD 20735 | MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Two nurses at a nursing home in Florida arrested after allegedly stealing drugs intended for ailing elderly patients and swapped them with Tylenol. | 2180 Hypoluxo Rd, Lantana, FL 33462 | Hamlin Place of Boynton Beach | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| James Rellihan, 31, is accused of going to the Bloomington Rehabilitation and Health Care Center on his day off, Feb. 24, where he took three fentanyl patches off a terminally ill man. He allegedly told the patient, “It will be OK,” as he removed the patches. | 120 E Miller Dr, Bloomington, IN 47401 | Bloomington Rehabilitation and Health Care Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| For three months, he’d been secretly diverting morphine and Dilaudid, two powerful opioid painkillers, from the hospital’s automated drug dispensers and replacing them with saline solution, to be dispensed to patients. Court testimony revealed that he would use his personal password to gain access to the machine, take the drugs, and replace them with saline | 164 High St, Greenfield, MA 01301 | Baystate Franklin Medical Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Two patients at an Ohio nursing home gained access to oxycodone pills left unlocked on a medication cart by a license practical nurse. | 2000 Villa Rd, Springfield, OH 45503 | Eaglewood Care Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| 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 | 15111 Twelve Oaks Center Dr, Minnetonka, MN 55305 | Park Nicollet Carlson Parkway Clinic Minnetonka | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| 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 | 250 Central Ave N, Wayzata, MN 55391 | Pharmacy At Park Nicollet | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| she wrote prescriptions for oxycodone for six patients — but kept the pills for herself. Unbeknownst to six patients, she wrote a total of 32 prescriptions for oxycodone in their names in July through October and obtained 896 pills — all of which she kept for herself. | 1441 E Fletcher Ave, Tampa, FL 33612 | Massassa Medical House Calls | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| 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 | 401 15th Ave SE, Puyallup, WA 98372 | MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| 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. | 1000 E Main St, Danville, IN 46122 | Hendricks Community Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| 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 | 1100 Reid Pkwy, Richmond, IN 47374 | Reid Health (FKA: Reid Hospital & Health Care Services) | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| The Minnesota Department of Health has substantiated multiple charges of neglect or abuse of residents at the former Golden Horizons assisted living facility in Tower. An investigation of the allegations, completed April 28, found that an overnight aide at the facility repeatedly failed to provide required care for three residents with dementia who needed assistance | 1232 Birch St N, Tower, MN 55790 | Vermilion Senior Living, FKA Golden Horizons | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| The Board of Nursing revoked the licenses of a registered nurses who diverted medication from a hospital in Mountain Home and pleaded guilty to drug-related crimes. According to a board order, Bruce R. Clendenin, R.N., of Greeneville, stole patients’ medications and falsified records while employed at the James H. Quillen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical | Lamont St &, Veterans Way, Johnson City, TN 37604 | Mountain Home VA Medical Center (Quillen VA Medical Center) | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Husband and wife from Georgia sentenced to a decade in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute oxycodone as a part of a prescription drug ring. | 513 Great Oaks Dr Ste B, Monroe, GA 30655 | Georgia Neurology, LLC | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| 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 | 2000 Brookside Dr, Kingsport, TN 37660 | Indian Path Medical Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Due to action taken by a licensing board in West Virginia, the Tennessee licenses of Shannon Rowe, A.P.N., R.N., Elizabethton, have been placed on probation to run concurrent with an existing Tennessee Professional Assistance Program contract. A board order states Rowe’s abuse of Dilaudid and Ativan in April 2008 prompted the West Virginia Board of | 1500 W Elk Ave, Elizabethton, TN 37643 | November 19, 2019 | View full detail | |
| 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 | 10 Commerce Park N Unit 4, Bedford, NH 03110 | Critical Care Systems Pharmacy | 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. | 1800 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD 21287 | University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus (FKA: Maryland General Hospital) | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Arkansas nurse arrested, surrenders license after admitting after stealing hydrocodone from nursing home patients. | Mountain Home, Arkansas | An Unnamed Nursing Home in Mountain Home, Arkansas | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Doctors at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Tomah, Wis., hand out so many narcotic painkillers that some veterans have taken to calling the place “Candy Land.” They call the hospital’s chief of staff, psychiatrist Dr. David Houlihan, “the Candy Man.” Jason Simcakoski, who died in August of an overdose in the | 500 E Veterans St, Tomah, WI 54660 | Tomah VA Medical Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Barbara Camillo, 39, the executive director of an assisted living facility, was arrested June 19 after she admitted to stealing Oxycodone from a patient. A patient at the East Haven Village at Mariner’s Point told her doctor she was suspicious that someone was stealing from her apartment while she was at doctor’s appointments, police said. | 111 S Shore Dr, East Haven, CT 06512 | East Haven Village at Mariner’s Point | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Surface allegedly admitted to diverting controlled substances from IU Health and St. Vincent, testing positive for amphetamines, opiates and fentanyl when required to provide a drug screen during a diversion investigation at IU Health, and appearing under the influence during a work shift at St. Vincent. Surface was charged in Marion County Superior Court with | 550 University Blvd, Indianapolis, IN 46202 | IU Health University Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Surface allegedly admitted to diverting controlled substances from IU Health and St. Vincent, testing positive for amphetamines, opiates and fentanyl when required to provide a drug screen during a diversion investigation at IU Health, and appearing under the influence during a work shift at St. Vincent. Surface was charged in Marion County Superior Court with | 2001 W 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260 | St Vincent Indianapolis Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| South Carolina registered nurse faces multiple charges of stealing morphine, Oxycodone, Lorazepam, Hydromorphone and Tramadol from patients. | 101 E Wood St, Spartanburg, SC 29303 | Spartanburg Medical Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
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