WakeMed nurse accused of stealing fentanyl from an IV bag
>> YOU?
>> WAKE-MED NURSES ACCUSED OF
STEALING 2500 MILLIMETERS OF
FENTANYL FROM AN IV BACK.
THE COURT PAPERWORK DOESN'T
REALLY SHOW WHAT THE SUSPECT
WAS INTENDING TO DO WITH THAT
DRUG. BUT WE KNOW THAT ANYWHERE
FROM 5 TO 10 MILLILITERS OF
FENTANYL IN ITS LIQUID FORM
CAN BE LETHAL WRAL'S DESTINY.
PATERSON TALKED WITH A
RESEARCHER ABOUT THIS EMERGING
THREAT OF LIQUID FENTANYL.
>> COLLEAGUES AND PATIENTS
PRAISE MCGUIRE FOR HER HARD
WORK AS A NURSE HERE, WAKE MED
DESPITE THE ACCOLADES SHE NOW
FACES FELONY CHARGES FOR
STEALING DRUGS FROM HER JOB.
COURT DOCUMENTS SAY MCGUIRE
KNOWINGLY TOOK 2500 MILLILITERS
OF FENTANYL FROM AN IV BAG.
>> LET'S PUT THIS INTO
PERSPECTIVE. LIQUID FENTANYL
IS TYPICALLY USED IN THE
HOSPITAL SETTING A TYPICAL DOSE
IS LESS THAN A MILILITER AND
THAT CAN BE USED FOR PAIN
MANAGEMENT. 10 MILILITERS CAN
BE DEADLY. THIS IS WHAT 2500
MILILITERS LOOKS LIKE.
RESEARCHERS SAY THEY'RE
STARTING TO SEE ALLIES AND
INJECTABLE LIQUID FENTANYL.
MORE.
>> THINGS LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD
BEING A DIVIDED FROM THE
HOSPITAL SUPPLY SOMEWHERE.
CHIEF SCIENTISTS, PERRY LOGAN'S
U.S. BASE LAB ISSUED AN
INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH
ALERT. HE SAYS THE POINT WAS
TO WARN PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS
ABOUT FENTANYL FEST, WHICH HE
SAYS AREN'T AS POTENT AS YOU
THINK. THERE CERTAINLY ARE WAYS
THAT YOU COULD AND OPEN TO ALL
THESE FILES. I WOULD TREAT THEM
IN A WAY TO MAKE THEM MORE
CONCENTRATED.
WHAT US STILL NEED A LARGE
VOLUME OF SOME IN ORDER TO GET
A RECREATIONAL TOOLS. I WANT TO
ACQUIRE IS LISTED ADDRESS WITH
THE HOPES OF ASKING WHY SHE
STOLE THE DRUGS.
>> NO ONE ANSWERED A WAKE MED
SPOKESPERSON TOLD ME MCGUIRE
IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED WITH THE
HEALTH SYSTEM. I ASKED WHEN
SHE STARTED WORKING FOR WAKE
MED, THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM DID
NOT RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION
OR A REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW
REQUIRE IS CURRENTLY OUT ON
BOND. HER NEXT COURT DATE IS
SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 19.