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May 6, 2021 · Drug diversion occurs when medication is redirected from its intended destination for personal use, sale, or distribution to others. It includes drug theft, use, or tampering (adulteration or substitution). Drug diversion is a felony that can result in a nurse’s criminal prosecution and loss of license.
27 things every critical care nurse leader must know about recognizing and preventing drug diversion. Definition of diversion; Diversion of controlled substances is not a new problem; Scope of the issue; As long as there is drug addiction, there will be drug diversion; High-risk areas for diversion are ORs, EDs, postanesthesia care units, and ICUs
Sep 11, 2023 · Drug diversion occurs when a healthcare clinician diverts a drug intended for a patient for their own purposes. Clinicians steal drugs to sell or use them-selves because they are suffering from substance use disorder (SUD). As clinicians, nurses aren’t immune to SUD or drug diversion.
This article provides an overview of the multiple types of risk that result from drug diversion from health care facilities. Further, we describe a system developed at Mayo Clinic for evaluating episodes of potential drug diversion and for taking action once diversion is confirmed.
- Keith H. Berge, Kevin R. Dillon, Karen M. Sikkink, Timothy K. Taylor, William L. Lanier
- 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.03.013
- 2012
- Mayo Clin Proc. 2012 Jul; 87(7): 674-682.
Drug diversion occurs when medication is redirected from its intended destination for per-sonal use, sale, or distribution to others. It in-cludes drug theft, use, or tampering (adulter-ation or substitution). Drug diversion is a felony that can result in a nurse’s criminal prosecution and loss of license.
This article provides key considerations for developing policies and procedures to prevent and detect drug diversion, to conduct a drug diversion investigation, and to report drug diversion to the appropriate authorities.
KEY POINTS. Diverters try to obtain medications under false pretenses for the illicit purpose of reselling the drugs to others. The potential for diversion and abuse of opioid analgesics and...
