Which of the following have been associated with drug diversions?
a) Nurses b) Environmental services staff c) Patients d) Doctors e) Radiology technicians f) All of the above
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The correct answer is f – all of those groups have been
associated with drug diversion.
Anyone can be a drug diverter, but health care workers are
at particular risk to divert medications because of their access to controlled
substances. Drug diversion directly harms patients by denying essential pain
medication or therapy, increasing infection risk, resulting in substandard care
by an impaired health care worker, and more.
To learn more about drug diversion and what you can do to
prevent it in your facility, join us at the Injection
Safety Training and Workshop for long-term care providers on June 16 in
Saint Paul. Additional resources and information are also available at the MDH Drug
Diversion webpage.
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