In numerous hospital pharmacies, the activities for monitoring the in-hospital consumption of medical devices are growing rapidly. The objective of these activities is to control the expenditure for devices and, at the same time, to maximise the effectiveness of device-based interventions by pursuing appropriateness and cost-effectiveness. A recent article published by our group1 has described in detail the experiences carried out in the Tuscany region (Italy) to monitor these expenditures and has examined the trend of these expenditures from 2019 to 2022. The article shows that monitoring the in-hospital expenditure for medical devices is a complex process, in which numerous factors play a fundamental role (eg, the efficiency of competitive tenders2) and strongly influence the benchmarks that ultimately can be determined from these activities. …