Cleaning the White Coat

[Phoebe]

I cannot stand to see med students in my hospital interacting with my patients wearing filthy white coats

ITA. DH and other neos aren't allowed to wear white coats in the NICU as of a couple years ago.

[weeniegeniewife]

DH hates wearing his coat and I have seen him wear it exactly once in 5 years....and that was when the hospital photographed him in it for his promotion. It's hanging in our closet and I've never washed it, LOL. Not sure he'll ever wear it again...he hates it and finds it pretentious.

[diggitydot]

DH hates wearing his coat and I have seen him wear it exactly once in 5 years....and that was when the hospital photographed him in it for his promotion.

Same here. Dude's program gives the residents/fellows 2 white coats each year. Dude told them 2nd year not to bother with any more coats because he doesn't wear them and he had no idea what he'd do with 6. As it is, we still have one in the wrapper. He NEVER wears them.

[Vanquisher]

For white coats when dh used to wear them, doesn't now, I used a bleach pen on the neck. It worked really well. Having the thick bleach directly scrubbed into the neckline was what worked for me. The fels-naptha bars are the best thing ever for baseball dirt.


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[Thirteen]

We use a Jiffy steamer - better than Rowena in my opinion.

[niener]

Hmmm, looks like I need to get some oxyclean. Thanks everyone!

[diggitydot]

I used to use Boraxo. Make it into a paste with as-hot-as-you-can-stand water, apply it to the grossness, and put it in the sunlight all day, then launder as usual. It's labor intensive, but works. Also effective on those stupid formula spit-up stains on baby clothes.

[DCJenn]

So glad we don't have to worry about that anymore...

No doctor coats, ever.

Jenn

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

DH's white coat is filthy and pilled at this point. I can't get it clean!!! I've tried bleach and everything else, it just won't come clean. I actually call it his "MRSA" (I say mer-sa...not the abbriev) because I swear that thing is harboring the next great superbug. I refuse to touch it and make him put it directly in the washing machine.

[corn poffi]

Too funny! I call my BF's pile of scrubs in his bathroom the "MRSA pile." It skeeves me out.