An indictment was unsealed charging former registered nurse Mary Cheatham, 41, of Ypsilanti, MI, with one count of tampering with a consumer product, specifically the Schedule II controlled substance hydromorphone, which is used for pain relief. According to the indictment, while working as a licensed registered nurse at DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital, Cheatham tampered with vials and syringes containing hydromorphone which she knew were intended to be administered to patients for the purpose of pain relief in the critical care unit of the hospital. She removed the hydromorphone from the vials and syringes; replaced the hydromorphone with another liquid, and returned the adulterated containers knowing they could be administered to patients at the hospital.
