31/08/2023
Diversion of controlled substances is a hazard with legal and financial implications that threaten patients, medical facilities, healthcare workers, and the public. Patients risk unrelieved pain, inadequate care from impaired healthcare workers, and infections from contaminated syringes.
The serious opioid crisis initiated by an increase in prescription opioid use is far from limited to the US. Europe has also seen an increase in prescription opioid use and diversion within healthcare. This drug diversion incident was recently reported to Inspektionen för vård och omsorg, ivo in Sweden. A nurse replaced morphine meant for patients and the content of a syringe had to be analyzed by the National Forensic Centre.
WasteLog™ by Pharmacolog will instantly verify a solution’s identity and concentration, thereby ensuring that it has not been tampered with. Contact us to find out how to detect and deter Drug Diversion, quickly and efficiently.
En sjuksköterska på ett sjukhus i Skåne misstänks ha orsakat potentiell livsfara för patienter genom att byta ut läkemedel.