Scrub tops and trousers

[medpedspouse]

I've been working for several university HSCs for many years and have noticed an odd trend...at least for me. I have seen male students, residents and attendings wearing a scrub top tucked into their trousers. I am not talking about the person that got some bodily fluid on their shirt and now has no other choice but to wear a scrub top...I am talking about people that wear that as their uniform - like wearing a shirt and tie to see patients. First of all, hospital issued scrub tops are not tailored - they are usually bunched up in their pants. Second, pukey green and baby blue are not good colors for anyone. Thirdly, I thought that scrubs were only allowed when you are actually doing something that requires scrubs (i.e. OR). I guess half a scrub is ok to see clinic patients? When did this become fashionable? Does your DH do this? I say DH because I have never seen the females do this business.

Maybe I should have put this in debates - some may think this is hawt.

[GreyhoundsRUs]

DH wears all scrubs or no scrubs. If he's in dress pants, he's in a dress shirt. He wears scrubs and white coat to see clinic pts at the VA, but at the U, he wears dress clothes to clinic most of the time. The only exception is if he's hopping between OR and clinic - scrubs all day. The new maroon scrubs are not to be worn outside the hospital or even the OR. If you have to run someplace else in the hospital, you need to toss on a white coat. The admin will actually dock your pay if they catch you not following protocol!

I do have to say that I see more scrub pants (green) with a random shirt in the medicine specialties - I haven't noticed it amongst surgeons.

[Pollyanna]

Yikes! That's a scary trend, lol. Dh always wears dress pants/shirt/tie/dress shoes, even if he's just going to L&D to change into scrubs.

[corn poffi]

Ewwwwwwww. I haven't seen that yet...thank goodness!

Our trauma/night float surgeons often wear a fleece over their scrub pants when in-house call. It is always really cold in this place so I don't blame them.

[medpedspouse]

We also have a dress code...but some people always seem to think it does not apply to them. Maybe the scrub top/trouser business is a regional thing. I saw it today and thought "WTH"

[spotty_dog]

When did this become fashionable?

Um, it's kind of the antithesis of fashion. It's pure practicality.

DH prefers to wear a shirt and tie to work. However, if he is there overnight or if he's near the end of a long stretch of shifts and just too wiped to suffer for fashion, he finds a scrub top more comfortable than a tie. (His scrubs are navy.) But he doesn't like scrub pants, so...scrub top tucked into slacks. It works. *shrug*

[medpedspouse]

Um, it's kind of the antithesis of fashion. It's pure practicality.

DH prefers to wear a shirt and tie to work. However, if he is there overnight or if he's near the end of a long stretch of shifts and just too wiped to suffer for fashion, he finds a scrub top more comfortable than a tie. (His scrubs are navy.) But he doesn't like scrub pants, so...scrub top tucked into slacks. It works. *shrug*

Why tucked in to the pants? I get the comfort/practicality. However tucking in your scrub top is not going to make it better. I am honestly curious.

[spotty_dog]

You've got me there. I don't think he wears t-shirts hanging out either.

[MrsK]

You've got me there. I don't think he wears t-shirts hanging out either.

DrK is really into the whole tucking his shirt in thing too. He tucks his t-shirts into his gym shorts and jeans, tucks in Hawaiian shirts that are clearly tailored to be worn untucked. I think it's a nice boy growing up with his momma always telling him to tuck in his shirt thing.

[corn poffi]

Hahaha that's R too! Although I think I have him trained to ask before he tucks now. Haha

[Sheherezade]

DH also tucks and wears a belt. He says its so the pager and other "gear" can clip on his waist. Before residency, not a shirt tucker.....

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

Our trauma/night float surgeons often wear a fleece over their scrub pants when in-house call. It is always really cold in this place so I don't blame them.

This is DH. He was not issued an intern white coat that fits. It's absurdly small. So he wears scrubs and a half zip fleece all day long. Luckily, he gets a Uro white coat for next year.

[metroguy]

dw loves to wear scrubs for overnight calls. she says it's very comfortable and saves the hassle of picking matching clothes.

[Cinderella]

I still think about this thread because of the hygiene issue with scrubs. lol It reminds me to have some plan in place to keep them separate and clean.

[samssugarmomma]

Put mine in the scub top with cargo pants column. It seems to be a uniform of sorts in the ED. When DH was in fellowship, three out of 4 males wore cargo pants with a polo or scrub top every shift.

For DH, the tucking vs not tucking is based on the size if the top.

We don't get hospital issued scrubs, so his came from Walmart for $5. Lol