title: Fighting drug abuse in operating rooms.
abstract: A growing problem of drug addicts working in operating rooms is mobilizing hospitals to make it more difficult for staff members to steal drugs for their own use or for sale to others. Monitoring devices and tighter drug distribution security are among measures being used to deter theft by anesthesiologists, technicians or nurses who are addicted to one of many potent narcotics readily available to them.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nemes
mesh_terms: D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009873:Operating Rooms; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D011363:Professional Impairment; D012637:Security Measures; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce