"finding" scrubs in the hospital?

[docmemi]

hi guys. how can i find scrubs in the hospital to take for free?? i heard surgical areas are good and ob/gyn. but where are they kept? how do you just take them...fine ill say it, steal them?? ive heard of people taking them from obgyn. i want some too!! i want the ones that say property of so and so cause they are cool and of course free. so any suggestions?? thanks. (anyone know about ucla med specifically?) i hope i dont get flamed for asking how to "steal" scrubs from the hospital. it seems like a lot of people do it.

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[piu]

i think you need to get serious help. you have by far the weirdest sex fetish i have ever come across

 

[zenman]

You might want to know that the scrub police cruise this site. 🙂

 

[MustafaMond]

The surgical locker room is the place to get what you need.

 

[Deuce 007 MD]

Got to the A level North west corner (of chs), show them your student ID and check out a set of scrubbs. You'll have to return them. If they say they only check them out to third and fourth years come back later when someone else is working and say you are a third or fourth year and they'll loan them to you. Most of the times they don't check what year you are or if the name on the id matches the name you sign in on. So techiniquely you could sign in as John Doe and just show them an ID and keep the scrubbs, but why when you could just return them and check out another clean set.

 

[thenavysurgeon]

you're pathetic....give me your address and i'll send you a set of scrubs for free from my hospital. what size are you?

 

[Harps]

you're pathetic....give me your address and i'll send you a set of scrubs for free from my hospital. what size are you?

Chill out, man 🙂 Docmemi is just asking a question.

-Harps

 

[JattMed]

Dude you have two options:
1. Buy them from "ScrubFactory", key it into a search engine, etc.
2. Walk into the theatre change rooms and take a pair-if you are afraid to do that then sit in on a procedure and then 'forget' to toss them in the laundry bin-usually MED1's never get a chance unless you ask and show eagerness to 'learn'.Surgeons LOVE to teach/show off.LOL

Anyways the art of scrub 'borrowing' is not too complex, if the above two options fail for you then scrap the theatre and just walk onto a ward or the ER and grab some off the trolley-requires cajones though.

Disclaimer: Not based on actual personal experience..........I think........ 😉

 

[MeowMix]

if you want scrubs without stealing, go to your local thrift store. I always see scrubs with those prestigious hospital names on them, at bargain prices. You will be honest, well-dressed, and supporting a good cause.

 

[Amy B]

Here is a site you may want to visit before you start a life of crime at the hospital

http://www.allheart.com/index.html

Scrub shirts can be bought for as little as $5.99 and so can pants. They are really well priced.

 

[Paws]

Honesty, dude! don't start your life to ruin by first taking the scrubs! besides, it's a karma thing - I believe. So spend like, $20 bucks and buy your own. Or even better, wait until you earn them by being the 3/4th year student or whatever.

I don't know about anyone else, but it has always bugged me how people will wear scrubs out on the street, in (premed) class, or just flopping around on the weekend. I say, if you really deserve them (like you're the actual surgeon or the MA or whatever) then you probably want to change out of them as soon as you can because they're dirty and disgusting to civilians outside of the hospital. Ok, now I'm getting down off my soap box. 🙂

 

[ArmCandy]

I saw Paws last week interrogating people walking around in scrubs. "Where did you get those scrubs?" "What have you done to DESERVE wearing thin pajama like clothing on your errands?" "Do you have a license for those scrubs?" "Just as I suspected, another scrub impostor, your kind make me sick." 'I'm gonna have to take you downtown and cite you for section 38 of the scrub wearing code. Wearing scrubs without a permit" 😱 The horror, the humanity.

I dub Paws the scrub nazi.

 

[Howard Roark]

good luck

 

[Winged Scapula]

At hospitals with scrub dispensers (ie, to cut down on theft such as you are proposing), find out when they restock the machines and either a) smile sweetly at the tech stocking and they will generally hand you a pair without having you slide your card (its worked for me at least half a dozen times) or b) when they are distracted steal a pair off their cart.

Call rooms are another good source...some resident has probably left a pair lying about ripe (in many senses) for the taking! 😀

 

[Howard Roark]

good luck

 

[Winged Scapula]

Not this hard where im at. They are everywhere and free!!!!!!!!!!!!


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We're limited to 5 pairs checked out at once (I think the medical students only get 3 pair). I'm not sure where the Medicine residents get theirs...or if they have a machine. Maybe surgery residents are just more prone to stealing and they had to resort to the machine. I heard before the machine they spent $30K a year on replacing scrubs.

 

[airvent]

The Goodwill store usually has an entire rack of scrubs.

 

[surg]

Not that it would deter people, but the scrubs that hospitals use for the OR area (as opposed to scrub outfits, seen in the rest of the hospital) often cost then >$100/set because they are heavy duty enough to be washed over and over with heavy duty disinfecting.

Our hospital was losing over $100k/yr when we had good looking scrubs (literally people stole them off the loading docks by the crate!), so then they tried the ugliest looking scrubs they could find, which has decreased theft somewhat.

 

[ArmCandy]

I'm sure those missing crates just fell off the truck. I can't imagine people stealing nice things.

 

[Jaded Soul]

I don't consider it stealing because I know I'm going to give them back before I leave school. Or at least that's what I tell myself to ease my conscience.

 

[Winged Scapula]

I don't consider it stealing because I know I'm going to give them back before I leave school. Or at least that's what I tell myself to ease my conscience.

Yeah, that's what I told myself. See above post re: Goodwill for their ultimate destination.

On a related note, some hospitals (ie, Baltimore Shock Trauma) reportedly use pink scrubs to deter potential theft. No tough guy wants to be seen in such girlie man attire on the streets.

 

[JattMed]

Ya crazy Scrub Monkey!
J/K
I hate getting scrubs with old blood stains that never seem to wash out.....blah.......
I was so pathetic, once I took an extra pair of 'booties' to wear around my apartment as I didnt want to get my white socks dirty. LOL.......
I like the 'traction strips' on the bottoms...........I might try to climb a wall or two with them on........watch out Spidey!

 

[Garuda]

Don't be an dingus. Scrubs are cheap. I just purchased a pair for $25. Go to a medical school bookstore and purchase them from there.

Even if they weren't so cheap, that still would not give you a right to steal them.

 

[JattMed]

Dude you dont have to call someone an A-hole. If anyone needs scrubs they can be bought at :
http://www.scrubfactory.com

 

[ArmCandy]

My wife made her own scrubs. She bought about 100 dollars in clearance fabric and made about 15 pair. That's less 7$ a pair.

 

[carrigallen]

my little rant:

I've never understood the "coolness" of scrubs. I think they are cheap pieces of cloth which accumulate in hospitals like rags. They are storehouses of infection and purulence. A uniform of xenophobia, and cowed conformity.

Hehe, ok off the soapbox now.. 😀

 

[flighterdoc]

my little rant:

I've never understood the "coolness" of scrubs. I think they are cheap pieces of cloth which accumulate in hospitals like rags. They are storehouses of infection and purulence. A uniform of xenophobia, and cowed conformity.

Hehe, ok off the soapbox now.. 😀

Wow. All I can say is WOW! 😱

 

[Paws]

I saw Paws last week interrogating people walking around in scrubs. "Where did you get those scrubs?" "What have you done to DESERVE wearing thin pajama like clothing on your errands?" "Do you have a license for those scrubs?" "Just as I suspected, another scrub impostor, your kind make me sick." 'I'm gonna have to take you downtown and cite you for section 38 of the scrub wearing code. Wearing scrubs without a permit" 😱 The horror, the humanity.

I dub Paws the scrub nazi.

Alright, alright ... here I am! 🙂

It's just a mental thing that bugs me, and also, I think when I was back east people were not allowed to wear scrubs away from their work area in alot of places I worked. One hospital I worked in, you couldn't even wear your white coat into the dinning room and you had to hang it up in a special closet on the way in. So I have this idea that cleanliness is somehow associated with keeping scrubs in the ward/OR/lab and street clothes for the street.

 

[docmemi]

at the time of writing, i had never wore a pair of scrubs in my life. everyone in school told me how they used to steal them. so i thought i should get on the ball and figure it out.

since, i have wore scrubs once. i rented them from the hospital for one day to go to anatomy class. and although comfortable, im over them. so i wont be stealing any. plus they are dirty...i should buy my own. plus, i dont think i deserve wearing them...ill just be a poser.

thirdly, it reminds me of my school id. when i first got it and it said med student, i used to wear it everyday (they are badges actually). then after week 1 i dont even tkae it to school sometimes. you get over these little things.

some people in my class dont seem to get over it though. they still wear their id for everyone to see and some wear scrubs to class. whatever.

 

[v-tach]

at the time of writing, i had never wore a pair of scrubs in my life. everyone in school told me how they used to steal them. so i thought i should get on the ball and figure it out.

since, i have wore scrubs once. i rented them from the hospital for one day to go to anatomy class. and although comfortable, im over them. so i wont be stealing any. plus they are dirty...i should buy my own. plus, i dont think i deserve wearing them...ill just be a poser.

thirdly, it reminds me of my school id. when i first got it and it said med student, i used to wear it everyday (they are badges actually). then after week 1 i dont even tkae it to school sometimes. you get over these little things.

some people in my class dont seem to get over it though. they still wear their id for everyone to see and some wear scrubs to class. whatever.

Glad to hear you decided not to go around swiping scrubs. (It _IS_ stealing, even though a lot of people seem to do it--just go get a cheap set of your own!) Plus, the hygiene thing can certainly be an issue--I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to be the one spreading nasty antibiotic-resistant bugs around (or even having people think I am) if said scrubs weren't clean at the time of "finding" them.

 

[bariume]

i still have scrubs from my med school's hospital. I love the color and the feel. I think they are my favorite set and I dont think any bought pair can replace them. Kinda like having a piece of the alma mater. ya know?

 

[renox9]

Alright, alright ... here I am! 🙂

It's just a mental thing that bugs me, and also, I think when I was back east people were not allowed to wear scrubs away from their work area in alot of places I worked. One hospital I worked in, you couldn't even wear your white coat into the dinning room and you had to hang it up in a special closet on the way in. So I have this idea that cleanliness is somehow associated with keeping scrubs in the ward/OR/lab and street clothes for the street.

I agree with Paws in that people shouldn't wear their scrubs outside!! Okay, if you're just someone who's wearing scrubs because they are glorified pajamas then do whatever you please. But I constantly see Nurses, doctors, med students, etc, wandering around in their scrubs on their lunch breaks. It just grosses me out. I live in NYC and I'll see groups of nurses leaning over the hot lunch buffets set up in delis, and I can't decide which is worse: them transmitting their patients germs to the food or the nasty germs which are undoubtedly on all deli hot buffets being transmitted back into the hospital. If you work directly with patients and then wear your scrubs outside, you are completely defeating the purpose of wearing them in the first place! It's a matter of safety.

 

[Emeri Onwunwa]

Hey docmemi,
who are you? I know you're in my class, but WHO are you? I'm gonna find out. I got "free" scrubs from the A level. I signed up for two, but only wrote down that I received one. I turned that one in after anatomy, and I still have the other one. I don't know if they're still doing that though.

hi guys. how can i find scrubs in the hospital to take for free?? i heard surgical areas are good and ob/gyn. but where are they kept? how do you just take them...fine ill say it, steal them?? ive heard of people taking them from obgyn. i want some too!! i want the ones that say property of so and so cause they are cool and of course free. so any suggestions?? thanks. (anyone know about ucla med specifically?) i hope i dont get flamed for asking how to "steal" scrubs from the hospital. it seems like a lot of people do it.

 

[deleted29780]

how silly can u be. Get a life. 👎

 

[Gerg]

Go to whatever hospital is associated with your Medical School.

Make friends with the house staff, supplies people, whoever.

Ask them to set asside a few pair (of the old ones) for you the next time they throw out a bunch of scrubs in favor of new ones. If you're nice, I bet you they'll have no problem taking a few asside when they're dumping them into a dumpster.

As for wearing scrubs, I've got 3 pair I aquired using the above technique. I only wear them to the anatomy lab, and I'm problably going to burn them when I'm done with the course. LOVE that smell.


Gerg