Scrubs in Public

[Cinderella]

When I worked at the hospital I'd see doctors in scrubs at the hospial of course and on occassion see them in their scrubs going to a clinic off campus nearby probably for a meeting. Outside the hospital though I'd never see doctors in scrubs. Mostly those that would wear scrubs in public were other staff such as nurses, cna's, technicians, ect. I've never worn scrubs myself because I worked in administration and had to dress business casual. We all wished we could wear scrubs because we'd hear how comfortable it is was but it wouldn't make sense for us to be wearing them after all.

[PrincessFiona]

constantly. I was happy to switch from light baby blue to a prettier emerald green because he wears them all the time. He even likes to have clinics after procedures so he can get out of wearing a tie. Scrubs are great for painting, staining, and yard work, BTW.

ties=naughty little sources of infection. They have actually been banned here! Tell Sean now he can get out of wearing them every day w/o scrubs!

[PrincessFiona]

DH doesn't wear scrubs anymore .... just his regular street clothes. His specialty isn't very procedural though. When he was doing residency/fellowship they weren't supposed to wear them out of the hospital, but they all did. It always grossed me out to have him come home in them .... and yet ... the same things that could jump on to his scrubs can get on his clothes! LOL

ick .... maybe I should go do more laundry!

Kris

[ides]

Dh wears them to & from the hospital since he works in them exclusively. He doesn't wear them any other time.

About a year ago I started a thread with the same title because Dh was yelled at by a looney old woman on his walk home for wearing them out of the hospital. Because, after all, scrubs are the main spreaders of disease - NOT.

[diggitydot]

DH has been trying forever to convince his residency that ties are a bad idea during clinic. The new PD is totally on board, but the former PD (who is still working there) keeps nixing it.

[Auspicious]

My husband always avoided wearing scrubs in public as much as possible--he doesn't want the attention, and I think specifically he's concerned that someone will need medical assistance and everyone will expect him to fix it. When someone passes out in public they rarely need someone to tell them exactly what kind of leukemia they have.

He didn't avoid wearing his military uniform in public, but one time he was riding the subway in NYC in his uniform and a guy and his girlfriend got in a loud fight and the boyfriend started grabbing her by the arm, etc. He said half the people on the car started turning to look at him. In his head he's like, "Oh shit, now I have to get knifed on the subway because it happens to be a drill weekend?" They got off at the next stop, though.

He hasn't worn scrubs in a year, though! Shirt with no tie every day (ever since that tie-germ study came out), if he's seeing a patient to do a bone marrow biopsy he wears his white coat over it. He's not sure if he'll ever need to wear scrubs in his new job.

[Cinderella]

That reminds me when my husband was doing his residency he and the other doctors wore their scrubs and the attendings wore scrubs with the white doctors jacket over them most of the time. When he went to work at the private clinic in the resort town the doctors wore business casual with the white jacket. During his military service he had to wear fatigues as well and on their breaks they couldn't wear fatigues but they did have to wear a special casual military outfit showing they're active duty but on a break, as if the hair cut didn't already give them away.

I keep telling him to leave them there so THEY can do the laundry instead of us, but he insists it's much easier to have a stockpile of scrubs at home.

This drives me crazy! DH insists on bringing his home for me to wash as well. About mid way through this year he FINALLY started having the department dry clean his white coats. That was just getting too pricey for me to handle....

[HouseofWool]

The Univ of Iowa has a very strict one in, one out policy for scrubs (at least that is what I remember). During med school, E wore scrubs all the time (I think it was a naive badge of honor thing), during residency he always wore dress slacks with a button down, no tie.

[Thirteen]

DH will take his scrub top off and wear a different shirt with scrub pants outside the hospital. He also doesn't like the attention, and most people don't notice.
That said, he has about 6 pairs here, and I'm the launderess.
Hot wash, hot dry.

[GreyhoundsRUs]

The Univ of Iowa has a very strict one in, one out policy for scrubs (at least that is what I remember). During med school, E wore scrubs all the time (I think it was a naive badge of honor thing), during residency he always wore dress slacks with a button down, no tie.

Not from what my laundry room says In med school, DH had a card, so you had to put your dirties in the machine to get your "point" back to get clean ones. There are a lot of the guys who have a small stash at home of scrubs...shhhhhhh!

[HouseofWool]

Maybe it varies by department then. All I know is I didn't wash scrubs in Iowa.

[Chrisada]

I finally asked him why he won't wear them out. He said he doesn't wear them in public because that is the correct protocol (at his hospital anyways) and will not wear them out when he is an attending either. I also don't think he wants to broadcast his profession. Though I randomly met and had a very long convo. with one of his attendings in the library bec. he had his scrubs on.

[v-girl]

DH wears them a lot. Especially if he is taking a kid to the doctor or urgent care place.

For work, he either wears a polo and khakis or a dress shirt and tie.

[GreyhoundsRUs]

Maybe it varies by department then. All I know is I didn't wash scrubs in Iowa.

Technically, I don't have to wash any either - but DH doesn't like bringing extra clothes, and I'd rather him not have a million shirts/jeans/etc. in some locker at work Plus, E's scrubs probably had a lot more potential to be contaminated with nasties - DH basically runs around the hospital and puts on casts