A former intensive care unit nurse in Oregon has been arrested and charged with 44 counts of second-degree assault for allegedly swapping patients' fentanyl medication with tap water. The nurse, who worked at a Medford hospital, is accused of diverting fentanyl from medical drips and replacing it with non-sterile tap water, resulting in harm to nearly four dozen patients and some deaths. She has pleaded not guilty to the charges. The act has been described as egregious, with reports indicating that patients were injected with the contaminated tap water.
A former nurse at a Medford hospital is facing charges that she harmed nearly four dozen patients by replacing their IV pain medicine with nonsterile water. https://t.co/ABQ0EJYDxg
An Oregon nurse faces assault charges that she stole fentanyl and replaced IV drips with tap water https://t.co/dvPrphhvp4
A former Oregon nurse is facing criminal charges that she harmed nearly four dozen patients by stealing fentanyl and replacing it with non-sterile tap water in IV drips. https://t.co/vsWWuRzoQW
Former Medford nurse accused of diverting drugs and injecting patients with tap water pleads not guilty https://t.co/MjW0N5gHmY
A former #nurse in Oregon has been arrested and charged for allegedly swapping out patients’ #fentanyl medication for tap water. She pled not guilty at her arraignment. https://t.co/X7t3RkspGO
Oregon: Former ICU nurse is arrested on suspicion of replacing fentanyl with tap water https://t.co/fJ2wIUlOMW via @YahooNews thx @lori_nerbonne
Oregon nurse pleads not guilty to swapping patients' fentanyl with tap waterAn Oregon nurse has pleaded not guilty to 44 counts of second-degree assault, after investigators say she swapped fentanyl for tap water, resulting in some of their deaths. https://t.co/2gTCtjBSxi
‘Egregious’: ICU nurse allegedly swapped patients’ liquid fentanyl with non-sterile tap water https://t.co/sX33TW7cJj
An Oregon nurse has pleaded not guilty to 44 counts of second-degree assault, after investigators say she swapped fentanyl for tap water, resulting in some of their deaths. https://t.co/d4zd4tvxZA
Oregon nurse pleads not guilty to swapping patients' fentanyl with tap water https://t.co/TgnFK8fWgB
A former intensive care unit nurse in Oregon has been arrested for allegedly diverting fentanyl from medical drips and replacing it with tap water. https://t.co/ctLvb8rmkd
Nurse Faces 44 Assault Charges For Allegedly Swapping Fentanyl With Water https://t.co/gyC6Udek3M
A former intensive care unit nurse has been arrested for allegedly swapping patients' pain medication with tap water, police in Oregon say. https://t.co/yuCBraVfbe