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Drugs going missing in local hospitals
March 6, 2013 7:21 PM
August 2009 was a terrifying time for the 5,000 patients who went through surgery at Rose Medical Center in Denver and the 12,000 patients who went through the Audubon Surgery Center in Colorado Springs. Former surgery technician Kristin Parker stole the painkiller fentanyl from patients, injected herself with the drug,... more » -
Lawmakers approve more oversight of surgical staff
May 5, 2010 6:45 PM
The Colorado House has approved and sent to the Senate a bill that would increase oversight of medical staffers after a surgical technician was convicted of exposing patients to hepatitis C while feeding her drug addiction. It's one of two bills that would require employers to report a person... more » -
28 charges dropped in surgery tech's hepatitis C case
February 12, 2010 8:37 AM
A federal judge has dismissed 28 charges against a surgery tech as part of an agreement with prosecutors in the case where she stole painkillers and infected patients with hepatitis C. Kristen Diane Parker was to be sentenced to 20 years in prison last month in a plea deal... more » -
More prison for surgery tech who infected patients
February 6, 2010 9:27 AM
A drug-addicted surgery tech who admitted stealing painkillers and infecting patients with Hepatitis C will face more prison time. Kristen Diana Parker renewed her guilty plea Friday before a federal judge in Denver. Parker had already pleaded guilty in an agreement with prosecutors that was have sent her to prison... more » -
Judge rejects plea deal for Parker
January 22, 2010 2:16 PM
A federal judge in Denver has rejected a plea agreement for a drug-addicted surgery technician who infected three dozen people with hepatitis C. Kristen Diane Parker accepted a plea agreement in September that stipulated a 20-year prison sentence. She admitted stealing syringes filled with a painkiller from operating carts at... more » -
Surgery tech with hepatitis C to be sentenced
January 22, 2010 9:10 AM
Some of the three dozen people infected with hepatitis C by a drug-addicted surgery technician's dirty syringes plan to speak at her sentencing hearing in federal court. Kristen Diane Parker is expected to be sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison. Parker, who has hepatitis C, admitted stealing syringes... more » -
'No remorse' for tech who gave hepatitis to 36
January 18, 2010 12:26 PM
A surgery technician who infected three dozen people with hepatitis C and may have exposed thousands of others by switching used syringes with ones filled with a powerful painkiller says she got careless while at two Colorado hospitals and doesn't expect to be forgiven. Ahead of a hearing where... more » -
Judge: Victims can't confront Hepatitis C surgery tech
December 16, 2009 8:31 AM
Federal prosecutors preparing to debrief a surgery technician accused of infecting patients with hepatitis C have agreed to let patients submit proposed questions, but prosecutors still oppose letting them attend the debriefing. The patients had asked a judge to let them attend the questioning of Kristen Parker, who worked at... more » -
Hundreds may still be untested for hepatitis C
November 2, 2009 4:41 PM
Hundreds of people who may have been exposed to hepatitis C through dirty syringes may not have been tested for the disease yet. A surgery technician with hepatitis C, Kristen Parker, pleaded guilty last month to stealing the painkiller fentanyl and then refilling the contaminated needles with saline solution. Hospitals... more » -
Audubon: No Hep C cases linked to surgery tech
October 20, 2009 10:00 PM
Federal test results show a former surgery tech did not give Colorado Springs patients hepatitis "C." Last month, Kristen Parker pleaded guilty to a number of charges for using syringes filled with a painkiller, and refilling those same needles with saline for patients. Parker worked at both the Rose... more » -
Surgery center withholds patient name in hepatitis probe
September 24, 2009 10:38 AM
A Colorado Springs surgery center is fighting a subpoena from federal prosecutors seeking the name of a patient who may have contracted hepatitis C from a fired surgery technician. Prosecutors want the name as part of their case against 26-year-old Kristen Diane Parker, charged with stealing syringes filled with painkillers... more »
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