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| Summary of Diversion Incident | Address of Incident | Facility | Updated | |
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| Registered Nurse in treatment program arrested for trying to obtain controlled substances by fraud and diverting fentanyl. | 1 Shircliff Way, Jacksonville, FL, USA | Ascension St. Vincent's Medical Center Riverside | April 28, 2023 | View full detail |
| Florida nurse voluntarily surrenders license after investigation into waste leads to admission of diversion. | 1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd, Lakeland, FL 33805, USA | Lakeland Regional Health | April 28, 2023 | View full detail |
| Florida nurse voluntarily relinquishes license following allegations of drug diversion. | 1300 Miccosukee Rd, Tallahassee, FL 32308, USA | Tallahassee Memorial Hospital | April 28, 2023 | View full detail |
| Registered nurse employed at a drug rehabilitation center admits to stealing controlled substances. | WhiteSands Treatment, Fort Myers 1820 Colonial Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL 33907 | White Sands Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation | April 28, 2023 | View full detail |
| Florida accused of stealing hydromorphone and providing it to patients without prescriptions, using their fingerprint and credentials to access the drugs. | 2500 Harbor Blvd, Port Charlotte, FL 33952, USA | ShorePoint Healthcare | April 28, 2023 | View full detail |
| Former nurse pleads guilty to injecting herself with fentanyl at a Florida surgical center, replacing it with saline. She faces up to 10 years in prison. | 3995 NW Goldenrod Rd, Jensen Beach, FL 34957 | The Surgery Center of Jensen Beach | April 28, 2023 | View full detail |
| Former Certified Nurse Practitioner who ran psychiatric clinics in Pittsburgh Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Drug Diversion and Health Care Fraud | 6425 Living Pl, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 | Prime Psychiatric Care, LLC | February 20, 2023 | View full detail |
| Arkansas nurse voluntarily surrenders license after video surveillance at a nursing and rehabilitation home catches multiple instances of drug diversion. | 260 Lakepark Dr, Hot Springs, AR 71901 | Lakewood Therapy & Living Center | November 8, 2022 | View full detail |
| Denver nurse sentenced after pleading guilty to stealing fentanyl from ICU patients by falsely identifying drugs as “waste” to be discarded. | 777 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204 | Denver Health | November 7, 2022 | View full detail |
| Florida nurse at assisted living facility resigns, license suspended after Ativan, oxycodone, and hydrocodone goes missing. | 4410 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 | The Beacon | October 30, 2022 | View full detail |
| Florida federal prison nurse faces charges that he accepted bribes in exchange for smuggling contraband, including illegal drugs, to inmates. | 33 NE 4th St, Miami, FL 33132 | Federal Detention Center (FDC) Miami | October 24, 2022 | View full detail |
| A nursing assistant working at an assisted living facility faces charges after tampering with blister packs and opiates that had been replaced. | 359 N Dixie Dr, St. George, UT 84770 | The Retreat at Sunbrook | October 23, 2022 | View full detail |
| Texas nurse fired and arrested for stealing morphine from a hospice patient and replacing it with cranberry juice. | 413 Sunset St, Clifton, TX 76634 | Clifton Lutheran Sunset Ministries | October 23, 2022 | View full detail |
| Arkansas nurse with history of substance abuse loses license after pharmacy director found vials of Demerol that were tampered with. | 3000 Medical Center Pkwy, Bentonville, AR 72712 | Bates Memorial Hospital | October 23, 2022 | 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. | 1600 W Antelope Dr, Layton, UT 84041 | Davis Hospital and Medical Center | October 21, 2022 | View full detail |
| Tennessee hospice nurse charged with fraud, identity theft for her role in defrauding local pharmacies with the intent of distributing controlled substances. | 726 N Locust Ave Suite B, Lawrenceburg, TN 38464 | Compassus Hospice | October 17, 2022 | View full detail |
| Nurse found guilty by a jury of using insulin stolen from her workplace, an Alabama hospital, to poison her husband after he started investigating her. | 700 West Market Street 2 South, Athens, AL 35611 | North Alabama Specialty Hospital | October 9, 2022 | View full detail |
| Former nurse admitted to stealing an infusion bag containing fentanyl and multiple syringes of hydromorphone. | Boston, MA | Two Boston-Area Hospitals | October 5, 2022 | View full detail |
| A Jacksonville nurse was arrested and accused of stealing medication from an employer for a second time. | 655 8th St W, Jacksonville, FL 32209 | UF Health Jacksonville | October 5, 2022 | View full detail |
| Nurse practitioner who operated a medical clinic regularly wrote more than 100 oxycodone prescriptions per month, including some for the office staff. | 3250 Westchester Ave, The Bronx, Bronx, NY 10461, USA | Purificacion Cristobal, DNP, PNP, FNP, Psych | October 3, 2022 | View full detail |
| Washington Nursing Commission indefinitely suspend registered nurse's license for falsifying administration documentation, admits oxycodone diversion. | Richland, WA, USA | October 3, 2022 | View full detail | |
| An Iowa nurse with a history of theft has been convicted of stealing fentanyl from hospital patients at two different facilities. | 1227 E Rusholme St, Davenport, IA 52803 | Genesis Medical Center | October 1, 2022 | View full detail |
| Registered Nurse manipulated the patient’s medical records to increase the patient’s dosages of morphine, so they could steal the morphine. | 110 Victoria Ave, Fort Frances, ON P9A 2B7, Canada | La Verendrye Hospital - Riverside Health Care | October 1, 2022 | View full detail |
| Former detention center nurse was arrested for stealing antibiotics and other non-narcotic medications and giving them to family members. | 104 W Saunders St, Carthage, NC 28327, USA | Moore County Detention Center | September 12, 2022 | View full detail |
| An Iowa hospital has been cited by the state for hiring, without a full background check, a nurse later fired for the suspected theft of opioid narcotics. | 500 E Market St, Iowa City, Iowa 52245, USA | Mercy Hospital | September 12, 2022 | View full detail |