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comment by nexto
nexto  ·  2186 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Sales Reps May Be Wearing Out Their Welcome In The Operating Room

I moslty agree with you.

To sum up this article:

"Sales reps in the OR sounds bad, so it probably is. Good article material. OK actually doctors probably need them because they do way more than just sling product "

Calling these people only "sales reps" seemed disingenuous to me. I would rather call them "product reps."

But then the article does go on to mention times where a new, less-proven product is pushed over the old standby. I'm not really sure what to make of that, I think its a separate issue. Either way, I don't see reason to make villains of reps on hand to provide technical assistance.