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| A former nurse received probation Friday after pleading guilty to stealing a small amount of the synthetic opioid fentanyl while employed at Saint Vincent Hospital. Stephanie L. George pleaded guilty to a third-degree misdemeanor count of theft by deception and an ungraded misdemeanor count of procuring drugs by fraud. Erie County Judge John Garhart immediately | 232 W 25th St, Erie, PA 16544 | Saint Vincent Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Marisha Winiarczyk, an Erie woman was sentenced to serve work release Friday for illegally writing prescriptions while working on a forged nursing license at an assisted living facility. The woman received two months of work release and four months on electronic monitoring, followed by three and a half years of probation, from Erie County Judge | 322 Washington Pl, Erie, PA 16505 | Regency at South Shore | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| More than 100 suspected diversions of fentanyl uncovered after an investigation prompted by a found fentanyl syringe on an unattended medical cart. | 2500 Overlook Terrace, Madison, WI 53705 | William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A nurse in Mississippi has been indicted on one count of fraudulently obtaining prescription drugs prescribed to a patient. The state attorney general’s office says in a news release Tuesday that the 58-year-old nurse turned herself in to police Thursday. Bond was set at $2,500. It was not immediately clear whether she is represented by | 102 Woodchase Park Dr, Clinton, MS 39056 | Woodlands Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Court documents reveal Ross Bindler had been stealing hydrocodone since he was an intern in 2011. According to documents, Bindler was the only full time pharmacist at Yoke’s Fresh Market on North Foothills Drive. Bindler was arrested this week for stealing hydrocodone pills from the pharmacy. He admitted to signing for pills, marking them as | 210 E North Foothills Dr, Spokane, WA 99207 | Yoke’s Fresh Market | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Anesthesiologist admits to injecting himself with Demerol and Fentanyl that had been stolen from surgical centers prior to and during surgeries. | 462 N Linden Dr #240, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 | Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Two former nurses accused of stealing prescribed drugs for hospice patients were sentenced to three years in prison. The Minot Daily News reports that 40-year-old April Beckler and 47-year-old Kim Kochel were sentenced on Friday. They pleaded guilty in May to endangering a vulnerable adult and criminal conspiracy. Prosecutors say Kochel and Beckler stole the | 1015 S Broadway # 303, Minot, ND 58701 | Trinity Home Health/Hospice | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Missouri paramedic with two ambulance districts pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing painkilling drugs and replacing the vials with water. | 1000 S 25th St, Bethany, MO 64424 | NTA Ambulance District | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Charged with failure to make, keep or furnish records, furnishing false or fraudulent information, obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and misdemeanor theft. Was employed at St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago from March 17, 2009, until Oct. 14, 2016, when he was fired for allegedly stealing controlled substances from the hospital, according to court | South Entrance, 4321 Fir St, East Chicago, IN 46312 | St Catherine Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Dr. William Husel is accused of giving “excessive doses” of fentanyl to at least 34 patients at Mount Carmel West hospital in Columbus, as well as Mount Carmel St. Ann’s. Mt Carmel hospital fired doctor William Husel in December, saying he ordered the medication for at least 34 patients. Many of those patients died after | 500 S Cleveland Ave, Westerville, OH 43081 | Mount Carmel St. Ann's | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A Scottsdale plastic surgeon was caught stealing vials of “medicinal cocaine” after breaking into a neighboring surgical business in the middle of the night, police say. | 8901 E Raintree Dr Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ 85260 | North Valley Surgical Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| St. Vincent Hospital can’t keep track of its prescription painkillers so it must pay a $2 million fine to the government. The Star reports the hospital lost track of 623,843 tablets of hydrocodone from its clinic pharmacy in Indianapolis according to an FDA audit. U.S. Attorney Susan Brooks made the announcement on behalf of the | 2001 W 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260 | St Vincent Indianapolis Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Florida surgery center nurse allegedly signed out twice the amount of fentanyl needed for surgeries, pocketing the rest for personal use. | 220 N Sykes Creek Pkwy #101, Merritt Island, FL 32953 | Merritt Island Surgery Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A Puerto Rico Veterans Affairs pharmacy technician is pleading guilty to stealing millions of dollars’ worth of insulin from her facility in San Juan, but she may receive a sentence of less than two years due to a plea agreement. Carmen Medina-Serrano was indicted on July 24, 2017, for stealing quantities of insulin with a | Calle Casia, San Juan, 00921, Puerto Rico | VA Medical Center, Caribbean Health Care System | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A paramedic was charged with stealing the painkiller fentanyl from an ambulance and using the drug for herself. Joseph reported that she would normally administer a partial dose of fentanyl to the patient in need, and instead of properly disposing of the remaining as waste, she would use the fentanyl herself,” according to a probable | 2001 W 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260 | St.Vincent Hospital Indianapolis | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| The case began in June when the Memorial Hospital’s pharmacy staff found irregularities in the access of hydromorphone/Dilaudid during a routine review of the hospital’s automated medication dispensing system, the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer Ryan Smith said during a news conference. The pharmacy staff found more than 400 patients who were given Dilaudid may not | 111 S 5th St, Douglas, WY 82633 | Memorial Hospital of Converse County | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Spurlock, Cassie, RN93969: License Revoked for violation of NRS 632.347(1)(g) unprofessional conduct; NAC 632.890(9) practicing nursing while, with or without good cause, his or her physical, mental or emotional condition impairs his or her ability to act in a manner consistent with established or customary nursing standards, or both; (16) failing to document properly the | Nevada | Unknown Healthcare Facility in Nevada | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Whittey is the second-known person to leave Mt Carmel amid an investigation into the ordering of “excessive and potentially fatal” doses of painkillers for patients. The hospital fired doctor William Husel in December, saying he ordered the medication for at least 34 patients. Many of those patients died after being administered the drugs. Earlier this | 793 W State St, Columbus, OH 43222 | Mount Carmel West | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Among the incidents reported occurred on an overnight shift Jan. 19 when Krisher-Behm was working and a patient received two “additional, unscheduled maximum doses of oxycodone” in response to reported shoulder pain, the complaint said. Nurses who checked later indicated the patient reported no pain, “had not had any considerable pain for several days” and | N2665 County Rd QQ, Waupaca, WI 54981 | Wisconsin Veterans Home at King | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Pleaded guilty to one count of embezzling between $50,000-$100,000 in Livingston County Circuit Court Friday. Police investigators say Hodge had stolen approximately $107,000 worth of prescription medications from St. Joseph Mercy Brighton hospital over the course of about a year and a half. | 7575 Grand River Ave Rd, Brighton, MI 48114 | St. Joseph Mercy Brighton | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Barbara Cook, 74, claims she was injected with water instead of the painkiller fentanyl while being treated for a broken leg in Brisbane’s north in May, 2013. Months later, Ms Cook developed an infection caused by bacteria called pseudomonas aeruginosa, which is commonly found in water. Ms Cook’s son-in-law, Tim Watkins, who had been working | 21 Mount Glorious Rd, Samford Village QLD 4520, Australia | Samford Ambulance Station, Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today it has reached a $50,000 civil settlement with Nantucket Cottage Hospital in connection with the improper record-keeping of controlled substances by its pharmacy and the failure to maintain effective controls against diversion. Nantucket Cottage Hospital is a member of Partners HealthCare and an affiliate of Massachusetts General Hospital. According | 57 Prospect St, Nantucket, MA 02554 | Nantucket Cottage Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A former registered nurse at an Altoona nursing home now faces charges she stole medication Nichole S. Soyster, 46, of 362 Chandelle Drive, Martinsburg, turned herself in to Altoona police and state attorney general narcotics investigators on Tuesday to face felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from an alleged incident in May where police contend Soyster | 700 South Cayuga Ave, Altoona, PA 16602 | Hillview Chateau | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| An Austin nurse accused of stealing medication from her hospice patient has entered a guilty plea in the case. Lyna Ann Tschann, 38, on Tuesday entered a guilty plea as part of a plea agreement to one count of fifth-degree drug possession, a gross misdemeanor, in Mower County District Court. Tschann was initially charged with | Austin Texas | Home of a hospice patient living in the 300 block of Second Avenue Northeast, Austin, Texas | 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. | 10 N Greene St, Baltimore, MD 21201 | Baltimore Veteran Affairs Medical Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
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