BOSTON -A former Dedham nurse who tampered with syringes of oxycodone to use for herself was sentenced on Tuesday. Jaclyn McQueen, 44, of Dedham, Mass. was officially sentenced by the U.S ...

Table 1. Why Nurses Withdraw Medications From Prefilled Cartridges; Unavailable syringe holders (or no awareness of their existence) Unfamiliar with how to use the syringe holder ...

Officials are reaching out to anyone who was under the former nurse's post-anesthesia care unit between July 24, 2023, and January 20, 2025. There are no known cases of patient illness resulting ...

HOUSTON – A Houston Methodist nurse has been arrested after she was accused of repeatedly stealing drugs from a hospital and swapping them out with saline earlier this year.. According to court ...

A former Dedham nurse pleaded guilty on January 5 to tampering with liquid oxycodone syringes and using the drug on herself in 2020, according to authorities. Jaclyn McQueen, 44, of Dedham ...

A nurse who assaulted a female colleague at University Hospital Galway with a syringe filled with a strong sedative has been found guilty of professional misconduct. The nurse, Kofi Kyeremateng ...

The syringes used by medical professionals today can be traced back to her 1899 patent. ... In the late 19th century, a nurse named Letitia Mumford Geer saw room to improve the medical syringe.

About 10 months after a former Massachusetts nurse pleaded guilty to taking liquid oxycodone from syringes and replacing the drug with saline, she was sentenced to three years of probation on ...

BOSTON -A former Dedham nurse who tampered with syringes of oxycodone to use for herself was sentenced on Tuesday. Jaclyn McQueen, 44, of Dedham, Mass. was officially sentenced by the U.S ...

All nurses should be re-oriented to use the Carpuject prefilled syringes as intended by the manufacturer, and to ensure understanding of the risks associated with using the cartridges as vials ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A former nurse at Chesapeake Regional Healthcare is under fire after investigations proved improper reuse of needleless syringes on patients. The hospital says it is contacting ...