Nurse’s Drug Diversion Causes Infection Outbreak at Wisconsin Hospital
Nurse’s Drug Diversion Causes Infection Outbreak at Wisconsin Hospital by Paige Minemyer | Jul 7, 2017 11:53am Opioid diversion led to an outbreak of Serratia marcescens at a Wisconsin hospital, researchers have found. Five patients admitted to five different wards...
Hospital Fined $510,000 After Pharmacist’s Illicit Prescription Drug Diversion
Hospital Fined $510,000 After Pharmacist’s Illicit Prescription Drug Diversion A Pennsylvania hospital has agreed to pay $510,000 in fines after an inpatient pharmacist stole controlled substances. The pharmacist, Renata Dul, was found to have stolen more than 35,000...
Opioids Spare Children from Severe Pain, but Leftovers May Fuel the Opioid Epidemic
Opioids Spare Children from Severe Pain, but Leftovers May Fuel the Opioid Epidemic Large amounts of leftover opioids remain in communities nationwide from prescriptions for children alone By Constance L. Monitto, M.D., Contributor |April 19, 2018, at 6:00 a.m. Only...
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