By JAMES A. KIMBLE Union Leader Correspondent EXETER — Lawyers for Exeter Hospital have reached a settlement with a staffing agency that allegedly did not warn them about a former technician responsible for a widespread Hepatitis C outbreak. The lawsuit the hospital filed against American HealthCare Systems was voluntarily dismissed on Tuesday, a last step [...]
A pharmacist counts Oxycodone pills, five at a time, while filling a prescription.(Photo: Sarah Coward, The News/Press) MUNCIE — Illinois State Police found a mini-pharmacy including opioids when they stopped registered nurse Matthew Kinder's recreational vehicle near St. Louis on Sept. 2, 2015. According to the Indiana State Board of Nursing, the "many alarming items" seized [...]
Daniel Emerson - The West Australian on October 20, 2016, 1:16 am Matthew Foster no longer works at Fiona Stanley Hospital. A leading WA pharmacist has been suspended from practising after allegedly being caught stealing heavy-duty opioid drugs while working at Fiona Stanley Hospital and consuming them in his car. The West Australian can [...]
SYRAC-- USE, N.Y. -- The state has suspended a nurse who diverted prescription painkillers from Oswego Hospital and tried to cover it up by creating phony records. Licensed practical nurse Ashley Anne Ballou took hydrocodone tablets from Oswego Hospital 19 times in 2013, according to the state Education Department. She attempted to hide the diversion [...]
The Wilmington VA Medical Center in Elsmere. Robert Callahan, who was assigned last week to manage the center, was recommended for disciplinary action four years ago, records indicate.(Photo: JENNIFER CORBETT/THE NEWS JOURNA, JENNIFER CORBETT/THE NEWS JOURNA) WASHINGTON - Robert Callahan, tapped last week to manage the Wilmington Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Elsmere after the previous [...]
ALBION - A woman already on probation for forging prescriptions for painkillers while working as a nurse in 2012 was arraigned on a sealed indictment accusing her of forging an Iroquois Job Corp student’s name on a prescription she stole. Marcia A. Conlon, 42, of Albion is charged with second-degree forgery, falsifying business records, fourth-degree [...]
HelioMetrics Comment: As the drug issues continue to grow, we have a feeling that this type of story will happen more often and will involve the stealing of narcotics (maybe this one did, but they didn't catch it). This is something that everyone that employees nurses is going to have to start monitoring very closely, [...]
HelioMetrics Comment: Normally we don't post things from "letters to the editor" however this one came with a big comment at the end... We have aways assumed that drug diversion might keep people away from a hospital, but this guy spells it out... Original letter below: Re: Nurse Who Stole Narcotics Rehired, Oct. 11. In [...]
Have you ever worked with a colleague who diverted drugs to feed an addiction? Chances are you have, though you may not have known it, since drug diversion and addiction are often very secretive issues. Most estimates put nurses' drug and alcohol misuse at around 6% to 10%, or about one in 10 nurses. This [...]
WILKES-BARRE — A Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center nurse accused of stealing morphine meant for dying veterans more than a year ago is still on the job, the Times Leader has learned. A source confirmed Friday that nurse Janice Monique Matrician was transferred out of the hospital’s hospice unit and placed in a desk job in [...]