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Colo.—A judge has dismissed a lawsuit that was blocking an agreement to finance construction of a new headquarters for the U.S...A taxpayer had filed the suit, saying the city's plan to raise $38 million with "certificates of participation" was illegal...
Tags: The Colorado Springs Gazette, plea deal, Kristen Parker, Kristen Diane Parker, Colorado Springs
Federal prosecutors have reduced the number of charges against a surgery technician accused of swapping her dirty syringes for ones filled with powerful painkillers meant for patients, possibly exposing thousands to hepatitis C. Twenty-six-year-old Kristen...
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Former surgical technician Kristen Diane Parker appeared in U.S. District Court today and pleaded not guilty to charges related to stealing and contaminating drugs meant for patients. Parker, 26, is charged with three criminal counts and was indicted...
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Friday upped their count of surgery patients infected at Rose to 14, while the U.S. attorney's office prosecuting Parker has said their investigation so far has established 19 cases at Rose. Test labs are processing nearly 6,000 patient samples, including...
Tags: Audubon Surgery Center, Colorado Springs, Kristen Diane Parker
Prosecutors charged Kristen Diane Parker with 21 counts of tampering with a consumer product and another 21 counts of obtaining a controlled substance by deceit or subterfuge, according to an indictment. Parker, 26, had previously faced three federal...
Tags: Kristen Diane Parker, Colorado Springs, Kristen Parker, medical center, hepatitis cases, rose medical, old kristen
A hospital in New York state is notifying about 2,800 patients of possible exposure to hepatitis C after learning that a former employee is suspected of exposing nearly 6,000 patients in Colorado to the disease. The New York State Health Department said...
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Worldwide in Boston, a crisis- communications agency specializing in health care. "How it deals with an error speaks volumes to that trust." That a crisis happens quickly and unexpectedly only bolsters the need for a preconceived action plan. Rose went...
Tags: Colorado Springs, Kristen Diane Parker, technician kristen, healthcare workers
A Rose Medical Center operating room technician, who was fired after failing a drug test for a powerful pain medication, potentially infected thousands of patients with hepatitis C, hospital officials and federal prosecutors said tonight. Hospital officials...
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