Scrubs in public ..........does it bother you?

[pigletgirl]

No, it really doesn't.

I think you're too paranoid IMO.

 

[Spacepest]

You know, maybe its just me, but my family's cultural tradition has been such that you never, ever wear your uniform or work clothes outside of work. If you run errands after work without going home first, you change you clothes.

And my family has members with very varied careers. We have a butcher, a couple of farmers, engineers, nurses, doctors (surgeons), etc. None of us ever wore our work uniforms outside of work, our belief was this: 1. People do not need to know where you work on your off time. Work stuff stays at work, your shopping and home life are seperate from it. 2. Hygiene issues. (Would you want the butcher or surgeon to be running around in public in their work clothes? Or the farmer to come to your restaurant or store after working the fields and cattle and not showering first? EW.)

We also believe you shouldn't leave the house in your pajamas unless you are deathly ill and on the way to the hospital.

Yeah, we're strange people.

 

[tonilea]

Big point to remember is that everyone wears scrubs these days, not just nurses. Dental receptionists, medical sales, daycare workers etc... You never know what the person next to you has been exposed to, regardless of what they're wearing.

vet clinic staffs, too!

 

[lsyorke]

When it comes to the germ transfer issue....What is the difference between a nurse wearing scrubs and a doctor that wears a shirt and tie and slacks and sees patients? If a doc sees a patient that is sick, and is just wearing his normal clothes, and then goes to the grocery store afterwards, the probability of him passing germs along is just as great as someone who is wearing scrubs.

Great point! I'll take a nurse in scrubs over a docs street clothes ANYDAY! Someone did a study and cultured doctors ties..YUCK!

 

[lsyorke]

It makes me mad to see people in regular clothes when they are out and about. You just don't know what they've been exposed to. At least you know to avoid the scrubbers.

roflmao!!!!! Exactly the point!

 

[LovableGluttons]

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It bothers me when people who are not in the medical field wear scrubs. I think they are just being "wanna be's". Why do this? Comfort? Buy some sweatpants.
You don't see people who don't work at McDonald's walking around in McDonald's uniforms, and people who aren't flight attendants wearing flight attendant uniforms.

Flame away....

No flames from me.

I would rather strangers not approach me to ask my advice on health issues. When I'm off, I need to be off.

Iwant them to go ask someone else. LOL

 

[crz4mm2]

Only when they are bloody

 

[DisGirlAllie]

If you're smart enough to obtain a job in a hospital that requires you to wear scrubs, I'm trusting you're smart enough to know when to take them off.

 

[npmommie]

There are plenty of Drs and nurses out there that see patients in regular clothes. What about them? If you saw them in a store after hours you would have no idea they just dealt with sick people all day.
Point is, we have no idea where anyone has been, or what they have been doing when we see them in public.

this is very true, except for the ones who still have their hospital id tag hanging on their jacket pocket......then I steer clear of them.......

but this is me now, I don't wear scrubs at my current job, I wear regular clothes, I see pts in an inpatient setting, and yes exposed to germs, but I do psych, so not doing physical exams etc..........but I still consider my clothes may be germy, and YES I do stop off at the store on occasion if I have to, I don't like to, and no one can know from seeing me, what I do, I take any ID badge off..........but I bother myself when I do this!! haha.

The scrubs do somewhat bother me, but what really gets me is when I see Drs. in their white coats in the stores!

oh sheeesh, I have never seen one in a white coat

BTW gang, I work on my horse farm. 24/7 surrounded by all kinds of muck and mire, and I go to the grocery story or Walmart in the same clothes I wore all day caring for the barn, horses etc. Am I more or less "germy" than a pair of scrubs?

germy and probably more stinky

It makes me mad to see people in regular clothes when they are out and about. You just don't know what they've been exposed to. At least you know to avoid the scrubbers.

yes exactly! LOL

No, it really doesn't.

I think you're too paranoid IMO.

So we have met, you know me so well
I am paranoid about super bugs and germs,
my dh always shakes his head and wonders how in the world I ended up in the medical field

 

[MiniGirl]

If you're smart enough to obtain a job in a hospital that requires you to wear scrubs, I'm trusting you're smart enough to know when to take them off.

This is what I was thinking. When I see someone in scrubs, I assume they are office personnel. So, no. It doesn't bother me. I'm guessing that my dear friend, who is a preschool teacher, is probably germier after a full day with preschoolers than the receptionist at my ob/gyn's office.

 

[chloelovesdisney]

Plenty of people wear scrubs these days that have little to no patient contact. Their scrubs are no germier than if they wore a suit to work, so no, I don't worry about it.

 

[*Meagan*]

Hmm interesting..

TO the OP how do you know us people in scrubs have even been to work yet?

Im an xray tech. And I wear my scrubs to and from work. IF something does happen at work. I change my scrubs and drop them in the laundry, with out a question. And once I get home from work.. I head straight upstairs drop the clothes in the wash and shower.

I do take my scrubs home because the hospitals detergent is way too harsh on my skin and leaves me with hives from ankle to hips. Not very comfortable.

Everyday our scrub wearing employees are intertwined with people eating in the cafeteria and walking around the hospital etc. I just dont how if we were spreading germs via scrubs how we would protect everyone.. change everytime we left a room? And how are scrubs any different then your regular clothes.. say if you were visiting someone in the hospital, then did some shopping at the mall, and then went out to lunch.. sort of the same concept. kwim?

 

[*Meagan*]

YES YES YES YES a thousand times YES!


I live near 3 hospitals and see it allllllll the time and it's just nasty beyond belief.

Even going in reverse. I see people with scrubs taking brisk walks around the park around lunchtime. And then...they are going BACK to their emergency room in those same clothes? Yucko!


I'm sure there are all sorts of exceptions etc etc...I don't care. Put on something else.

hmmm... Im at a loss for words.

You can't really keep ALL healthcare workers pent up in a room until it is time to see a patient (if they even have patient contact). Fresh air never killed anyone.

I totally understand the OR aspect of it. And even if we are in OR blues here in our hospital, we change them before going in a case. And then toss them in the laundry when we are done. We get that.

Someone can sneeze on you anywhere... you can catch more germs on an airplane, in the mall, at school, in your home. Its inevitable. Germs are everywhere.

 

[C.Ann]

It bothers me when people who are not in the medical field wear scrubs. I think they are just being "wanna be's". Why do this? Comfort? Buy some sweatpants.
You don't see people who don't work at McDonald's walking around in McDonald's uniforms, and people who aren't flight attendants wearing flight attendant uniforms.

Flame away....

Have you seen some of the scrubs that are available today? If someone didn't tell you, you wouldn't even know they were scrubs.. LOL..

 

[LiberalPrincess]

I have no issue with seeing scrubs in public. What freaks me out is when I see a person in scrubs outside, that then goes right back into the hospital for work. I don't care what they are bringing out. I care what they are bringing in, especially with the stories about staph and other infections plaguing hospitals.

 

[browneyes106]

My aunt and a couple of other relatives were nurses and they often wore scrubs in public after work if they need to go the grocery store or some other event if they were only go be in certain area for a short amount of time. I'm ok with people wearing scrubs in public. I have a friend who is a respiratory therapist and he never wears his scrubs in public. He goes to work in a t-shirt and jeans and then changes in the locker room there and does the same after his shifts.

 

[shellabell]

Big point to remember is that everyone wears scrubs these days, not just nurses. Dental receptionists, medical sales, daycare workers etc... You never know what the person next to you has been exposed to, regardless of what they're wearing.

Exactly. I do billing for a surgeon; no patient contact, but I wear scrubs.

 

[npmommie]

Hmm interesting..

TO the OP how do you know us people in scrubs have even been to work yet?

Im an xray tech. And I wear my scrubs to and from work. IF something does happen at work. I change my scrubs and drop them in the laundry, with out a question. And once I get home from work.. I head straight upstairs drop the clothes in the wash and shower.

I do take my scrubs home because the hospitals detergent is way too harsh on my skin and leaves me with hives from ankle to hips. Not very comfortable.

Everyday our scrub wearing employees are intertwined with people eating in the cafeteria and walking around the hospital etc. I just dont how if we were spreading germs via scrubs how we would protect everyone.. change everytime we left a room? And how are scrubs any different then your regular clothes.. say if you were visiting someone in the hospital, then did some shopping at the mall, and then went out to lunch.. sort of the same concept. kwim?

I don't know if they have been to work yet...........but usually I can tell by the time of day what makes the most sense, and also by the amount of groceries in their cart

and I always assume the scrubbers are mostly nurses who, like me, are exposed to the most nasty of nastiest things. alphabet soup.

 

[JessicaR]

Big point to remember is that everyone wears scrubs these days, not just nurses. Dental receptionists, medical sales, daycare workers etc... You never know what the person next to you has been exposed to, regardless of what they're wearing.

Exactly.

 

[JessicaR]

Great point! I'll take a nurse in scrubs over a docs street clothes ANYDAY! Someone did a study and cultured doctors ties..YUCK!

So interesting you bring this up. The issue was addressed a couple of years back at one of our local hospitals. Big medical family. I went in for surgery stayed one night - doc comes in - I notice the tie. HA! Dont you dare lean over my open wound with that tie! And - I better see you wash your hands before you touch me.