ROCKVILLE, Md. & SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2005--Narcotic drug diversion is a long-standing problem for healthcare organizations. Many studies find that between five and 10 percent of anesthesiologists, nurses, and pharmacists have used this class of medications illegally. By substituting saline or water, narcotics-abusing clinicians had an undetectable source of drugs that compromised patient safety.
