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Hospitals: Do You Know Where Your Controlled Substances Are?

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Houck — Employee diversion of controlled substances from hospitals has been an issue since at least 1986 when I became a diversion investigator with the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”). A registered nurse also admitted she replaced fentanyl and hydromorphone with saline solution for administration to patients.