Abstract

As physicians, we are notoriously ignorant when it comes to money matters, both in personal and professional matters. As advocates for our patients, our decisions regarding interventions or therapies are more often based on issues of availability, safety, and efficacy than on cost. It is only in our roles as members of the hospital epidemiology team or pharmacy and therapeutics committee that issues of costs play a pivotal role in decision making, especially regarding the use of therapeutics or technical devices that may prevent health care-related infections, such as bloodstream infections. The clear and ob-

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