How do you care for you medical scrubs uniform?
Discount Medical Scrubs
I have a friend that works in the medical field. I my be gettign a new job that will require me to wear scrubs.
She says she has to iron her scrubs every mornign. She can't iron them the night before and hang them up because they will be wrinkled in the morning..
is this true. I can't be ironing every morning--I iron 1x/week and hang teh clothes up-until I wear them-even months later
do scrubs (she wears average quality) really need to be ironed immediately prior to wearing?
Tags: clothes, discount medical scrubs, Medical Field, new job
June 20th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
I’ve been wearing scrubs for years, and I never iron them. Don’t get anything 100% cotton and you’ll be fine. Polyester/cotton blends don’t wrinkle at all. It all depends on the material. Most of the scrubs that I have are fine as long as I hang them up after they are done in the dryer (even the 100% cotton ones). Just don’t let them sit in the dryer long, and even if they do, just throw in a damp towel and let the dryer on for a few minutes. Trust me, it’s not worth ironing them. By the time I get home from work, it will have made no difference. Some people do prefer to iron them; I worked with a lady who did that as well. The only way I could tell was because she told me. I think it’s just a habit for some people. If you really want to iron them, you can do that in advance when you do all of your ironing and that will be just fine. Hope that helps!
June 20th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
I wear my scrubs right out of the dryer. Ironing scrubs is ridiculous! I get mine at Tafford, and they dont need special care – even if you forget to take them out of the dryer right away.
http://www.tafford.com
Good luck!
June 20th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
All you can do is try it yourself. Are you allowed to starch scrubs? Probably not eh – but if you can that would help quite a bit I’d bet.
Aren’t scrubs all cotton? I can’t imagine why you couldn’t iron them the night before unless you live in an extremely humid area and for some reason feel the need to have a crease down the leg of your sponge bob square…. pants.