Economic practicability refers to the ability to reduce the risk without making the medical device an unsoundeconomic proposition. These decisions necessarily involve making trade-offs between accepting risks andavailability of treatments or diagnosis. Cost and availability implications are considered in deciding what ispracticable to the extent that these impact upon the preservation, promotion or improvement of human health.However, economic practicability should not be used as a rationale for the acceptance of unnecessary risk.The following is an example in which economic practicability is questionable: