I got called into my supervisor's office yesterday while at work, so I be-bopped in there, thinking she wanted to ask me about my schedule or if I would teach a class. She told me it would just be a minute, no need to even sit down.
Then she looks at me and says, "Can you think of any time when you would have pulled Dilaudid (a very potent and very addictive narcotic) on more than one patient at once, or more than one dose?"
I racked my brain, and though, well, yeah...If I've got two or three patients with orders for pain meds, I'll pull them all at once to save some steps. Everyone does that. Or if I was sedating someone and needed a larger amount, etc. But never more than two or three doses at one time. Any more and you set yourself up for a med error or you'll get flagged by pharmacy. It's also very unusual for three patients to have an order for Dilaudid at once. If you do, then you've got some bad ju-ju and some very injured patients in your care.
Then she said, "Do you remember on May 25 if you would have done it?" I said, well...I'd have to think about it, but I didn't think so. Then she said, "Let me interrupt you...I know you didn't do it, and I didn't think you would anyway."
When I asked why, she said, "Well...it shows that on May 25, at 6:22pm, you, or someone using your code, went in to the Omnicell and took out NINE one milligram Dilaudids. And I already checked, and you were OFF that day. Even if you were at work, that's not during your shift. And you're not the only one. Two other people have large, large amounts taken out too."
I almost threw up. It makes me sick to think that someone I work with, that I trust, that other people trust, would have such blatant disregard and disrespect for me not only as a co-worker, but as a professional and also as a friend. I offered to go take a drug test on the spot, even to let them cut my hair, but she said there was no reason to, and to not even worry. That made me feel good, but I'm still so mad I could cry...and I did when I got home.
I also have a sneaking suspicion who it is. I think that this person took some of a patients' personal meds on more than one occasion, and I have a suspicion that they are diverting. I didn't tell her, but it is nagging at me. I decided to let her conduct her investigation, look at the schedule, look at the other Omnicell activity that day, look at physicians' orders, etc. and I think she'll come to the same conclusion I have. The only thing is, the person I suspect is leaving next week, for a new job. It will be almost a moot point, but I don't want to let them get away with it. On the other hand, if my suspicions are wrong, that would be a devastating accusation for me to make. You don't want to be wrong about something like this, you know?
Anyway.. I just wanted to vent, and I can't tell anyone at work because they don't the person doing it to stop...they want to catch them in the act.
I'm just still very, very ticked off...and I have to go to work tonight. It will be hard to be civil to this person that I suspect. They are a close, close friend, and they knew that I used the same password for virtually everything...well, not anymore.
