Medical Uniforms
Tips & Advice to help you make your decision on Medical Uniforms
There is a huge selection of companies and businesses that require their employees to dress in uniforms each day for work. Among the most well-known industry with this practice is the medical field. Everyone is familiar with the image of nurses and doctors rushing around the hospital corridors in scrubs or lab coats. Medical uniforms are often found in more places than just hospitals today. Many dentists, doctors, specialty clinics, and physical therapy units now encourage or require their staff to wear uniforms for a variety of reasons. Uniforms are a great way to distinguishing medical or office staff from visitors and patients.
Medical uniforms are available in a dizzying array of different styles, types, and colors. You can choose standard scrubs and lab coats for your staff in solid colors such as the traditional green or blue, or allow them to be creative with the color and pattern choice. Some offices choose a specific color scheme for their uniforms, while others allow any design as long as the outfit stays within company guidelines. It is not unusual, especially for massage therapists and physical therapists, to wear polo style shirts in place of the conventional scrubs. These shirts can be customized with the company's logo and name for a professional look.
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Medical Uniforms
Medical professionals have their choice of styles and colors in medical uniformsBy Judy Artunian, Freelance Writer Gone are the days when hospitals and doctors offices were filled with medical teams dressed only in white medical uniforms. Today’s medical scrubs and medical lab coats, available in various colors, fabrics and styles, give healthcare practitioners the freedom to dress comfortably while maintaining a professional look.
Points to consider when selecting medical uniforms:
1. Your medical staff’s appearance plays a major role in how patients and others perceive your level of professionalism. Coordinated medical uniforms project a professional image.
2. Colorful medical scrub uniforms can help calm nervous patients.
3. If you’re buying medical scrubs in multiple sizes, select the scrub pant color and style first. Then ask the vendor if that color and style comes in all of the sizes you need.
Medical scrubs: the workhorse of medical uniforms
If you're ordering medical scrub uniforms for your staff, consider asking the supplier to embroider your organization's logo or staff members' names onto their scrub tops.
Try: Visit AllHeart.com for a wide selection of medical scrub uniforms for women and men, including discount medical uniforms. At Lydia’s Uniforms you can save time by searching for men’s and women’s medical scrubs by brand, color, size and style. Also check out Lydia’s Uniforms for discount medical uniforms. Labwear.com’s operating room scrubs include a reversible shirt. Peaches Uniforms, which caters to fashion-conscious women in medicine, has partnered with Katherine Heigl, from television’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” to produce the Katherine Heigl Collection. Marcus Uniforms helps you take the guesswork out of deciding which sizes to order by providing extensive sizing charts by brand.
Distinctive medical uniforms for women
Take a break from predictable medical scrub uniforms with unique and fashionable styles.
Try: Peaches Uniforms sells crisp, white dresses and suits. Or, go for sleek, casual medical uniforms with “sport stretch” scrubs, available at SmartScrubs. Celebrate the holidays with seasonal medical scrubs available from UA Scrubs.
Medical lab coats for every need
Classic white, knee-length medical lab coats are still a mainstay in medicine, but some medical facilities have policies that specify lab coat lengths, depending on your position.
Try: NWMedicalSolutions.com sells medical lab coats for women and men. At Ackley Uniforms you’ll find men’s and unisex lab coats, including some made from 100% cotton for those who are tired of cotton/polyester blends. Women can find several lab coat styles at Labwear.com. For disposable medical lab coats, visit Medical Supplies & Equipment Company.
Complete your medical uniforms from head to toe
Choose surgical caps and comfortable footwear that complement your medical uniforms.
Try: Sassy Scrubs lets you choose from more than 30 fabric designs for your surgical caps. Green Scrubs offers footwear designed for medical professionals. Look for colors that go with your medical scrubs. Lydia’s Uniforms provides a wide selection of shoes specifically for nurses.
- When looking for medical uniforms for both men and women, consider unisex styles. Also keep in mind that a uniform's fit varies from one person to the next. Select a few styles and ask your staff to vote for their favorites.
- Employees will want to replace their medical scrubs within a year or two. Before ordering new scrubs for your staff, find out how long the style will be available for reordering. Also look into outlets that sell discount medical uniforms to keep re-order costs down.
- Avoid trying to match scrub tops and pants from different makers or clothing lines. You can't achieve a polished look with medical scrubs in colors and fabrics that don't quite match.
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