National Infusion Collaborative September 2025 Meeting: Increasing DERS Compliance

By Joanne Hatfield, PharmD, BCPS on Sep 17, 2025 4:57:51 PM

This quarter, the NIC was joined by NIC members from ChristianaCare and Stony Brook Medicine to share how their organizations used different strategies to increase DERS compliance.  

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Originally aired Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Dose error reduction software (DERS) compliance is a key indicator of how often infusions are programmed within the drug library of smart infusion pumps. Best practice guidelines recommend a goal DERS compliance of 95% or greater to ensure the safest delivery of intravenous medications to patients.

ChristianaCare and Stony Brook Medical Center have been successful in improving their DERS compliance through a combination of novel mechanisms and multidisciplinary engagement.

This quarter, the NIC will be joined by Maha O. Kebir, PharmD, MS, BCPS, CPHQ, CPPS, and Dean A. Bennett, RPh, CPHQ, LSSGB from ChristianaCare to share their use of RFID technology to drive improvement in DERS compliance. In addition, Randi Trope, DO, MBA, CMSO, FAAP from Stony Brook Medicine will share how her organization used unit-specific identifiers to increase DERS compliance.  

 

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Featured Speakers

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Randi Trope, DO, MBA, CMSO, FAAP

Vice-Chair, Pediatric Quality and Safety
Pediatric Medical Director of Patient Safety

Stony Brook Children’s Hospital

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Maha O. Kebir, PharmD, MS, BCPS, CPHQ, CPPS

Clinical Pharmacist Specialist and Quality and Performance Improvement

ChristianaCare

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Dean A. Bennett, RPh, CPHQ, LSSGB

Medication Safety Officer, Clinical Effectiveness Administration

ChristianaCare

Hosts

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Sean O'Neill, Pharm.D

Co-Chair, National Infusion Collaborative

Co-Founder, Bainbridge Health

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Joanne Hatfield, Pharm.D, BCPS

Co-Chair,  National Infusion Collaborative

Director of Clinical Solutions, Bainbridge Health