Choosing the Right Hospital Scrubs for Your Team

What your team wears as they go about their busy shifts becomes so much more than just a uniform - particularly when it comes to hospital scrubs. Doctor scrubs, nursing scrubs and technician scrubs deliver protection. They inspire confidence and allow wearers to focus on their daily work. They promote cleanliness, professionalism and designate job roles throughout your facility. Scrubs are the first thing that your team puts on and the last thing they take off as they do their important work - so what kind of scrubs they wear matters.

Let's look at some of the key factors that you should consider when choosing the right scrubs for your medical staff.

Moisture-Wicking Fabric

Working in a healthcare setting means your staff is often in a state of motion. They likely work in high pressure situations with physical demands comparable to an athlete. Players on the field wear fabric designed to keep them dry during their workouts. Hospital scrubs should provide the same kind of comfort.

Look for doctor scrubs and nursing scrubs made from 100% moisture-wicking polyester. This fabric helps pull sweat away from the body to keep the wearer drier and allows your team to go about their shifts more comfortably.

Softness

Patients don't want a doctor, nurse or technician providing care to them when the caregiver is distracted by discomfort from what they're wearing. Hospital scrubs that are soft to the touch allow busy staff to focus on their important work - and that has a big impact on patient satisfaction.

Professionalism

Professionalism inspires confidence - and that's what patients want from their caregivers. How your team looks matters. Hospital scrubs that are soiled and wrinkled don't portray the picture of professionalism and cleanliness that you want to deliver. Look for 100% polyester fabrics that are inherently wrinkle, stain and fade resistant to help ensure a long-lasting, well-kept appearance.

Modernized Fit

The scrubs of old were often baggy, one-size-fits-all, loose-fitting garments. Today you can find scrubs with modernized fits that work with the wearer's body for all-day comfort and confidence. Scrub tops designed specifically for a woman's figure are always a popular choice, as are scrub tops that incorporate side slits for added movement or jackets with knit cuffs.

Color Options

Quickly finding the right hospital staff member to assist helps improve patient satisfaction. Hospitals scrubs help identify staff. Take it a step further by looking for doctor scrubs, nursing scrubs or technician scrubs that come in multiple color options to easily identify departments or job roles. This helps visually distinguish staff to patients and other caregivers.

Functional Features

Scrubs don't need to just look and feel good. They also must function. Busy healthcare professionals don't have time to search through multiple hospital scrubs to find their size or take valuable minutes away from patient care as they look for tools they use on a regular basis. Look for value-added features that quickly identify size or conveniently placed pockets that hold necessary items.

Rental Program

A rental program for your hospital scrubs takes the work out of managing your doctor scrubs and nursing scrubs. Choose a company that will provide the product you need and the service you want like delivery of clean and sanitized scrubs, laundering of soiled scrubs, inventory maintenance and ongoing, reliable service.

Sanitizing Laundering Process

Laundering of scrubs needs to go beyond standard wash process. Hospital scrubs benefit from a sanitizing wash process that helps reduce the chance of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) to help keep wearers and patients safe. Make sure your on-site laundry program or outsourced rental company has a laundering process that meet the demands associated with healthcare scrubs.

Vestis Introduces New Scrubs

Vestis™ has launched a new hospital scrubs collection that allow wearers to dress confidently and act bravely. Made from 100% moisture-wicking polyester that helps provide all-day comfort and breathability, these scrubs are soft to the skin and move with busy healthcare workers.

The modernized collection includes a tunic top designed for a woman's fit, tops, pants and a warm-up jacket. They're available in multiple colors and a wide range of sizes to outfit the whole team. Plus, they're designed with functional features including pockets placed in convenient locations - some with extra slots for tools or scissors - color-coded binding to identify sizes, reversible styles, side slits for added movement in tops, easy snap closures on jackets and full drawstring waistband on pants for a better fit.

Having the product you need is only half the story. Vestis provides a turnkey and hassle-free rental service. You can expect your Route Sales Representative (RSR) to arrive on a regular schedule, so you always have the inventory you need.

Vestis has a five-step sanitizing wash process in place for medical apparel to help support your infection prevention efforts. Your Vestis RSR will pick up soiled scrubs in accordance with universal precautions and OSHA requirements. It will then be laundered in our facility using a science-based wash formula developed by Ecolab and featuring AdvaCare™, an EPA-registered product that effectively reduces certain microbial counts by 99.9%¹.

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Your team does great work. The new Vestis scrubs collection allows them to do it comfortably and efficiently while maintaining a professional confidence as they go about their busy shifts.

To learn more about our new Vestis scrubs and how you can start a rental program that includes our sanitizing wash process, contact our knowledge representatives today.

¹Vestis' wash formulation meets EPA requirements for laundry sanitizing and provides a 99.9% reduction of the following organisms during the wash cycle: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Sanitized products are only provided to customers of Vestis who require and request their products be processed as containing bloodborne pathogens.

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