"scrubs"

[Jani]

What does "srubs" mean ??

From what I know scrubbing means scrubbing before going to OT or any sterile procedure, does scrubs( n) mean the the surgical out fit in usa ?

thanks.

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[DRNickiTay]

scrubs (noun) means the surgical outfit appropriate for the OR or getting ready for a surgerical procedure by scrubbing (verb) in.

Nichole

 

[QHamp]

"Scrubs" are the clothes that medical personell generally wear, not just the surgical staff. And surgical scrubs differ greatly from the scrubs worn by the other staff in that they have longer sleeves and are not as loose fitting.

I think scrubs would be similar to the clothes worn by the men in china and india. Here in the US, they most closely resemble pajamas, although everyone realizes that they are actually medical uniforms.

 

[Castro Viejo]

Originally posted by QHamp
I think scrubs would be similar to the clothes worn by the men in china and india.

How would scrubs be similar to "the clothes worn by the men in china and india?"

 

[DermRes]

To me, Scrub is something I wear when I am too lazy to dress up.

 

[Jani]

So, all residents have access to scrubs, am I right ??

From my part of the world, we have " overalls"( short sleeved, loose) which are kept on the wards/ ER which we wear on top of usual outfit before a dirty procedure like stiching wounds etc.
Even patients wear this at times.

Then we have "surgical gowns"( long sleeved before sterile procedures like LP/ even for IDC.

If we go to theatre then it is surgical pyjamas plus a top/ dress
covered by "surgical gowns" after scrubbing.

This is in Australia by the way, and I have never heard of scrubs
except in a recent tele series"scrubs" which looks like quite an entertaining series.

 

[endo]

something I do once a month whether I need it or not.

 

[AJM]

Take a look at the residents from the TV show, "Scrubs". Scrubs are the outfits they are all wearing in the hospital -- they kind of resemble pajamas. While they are medical uniforms, they are considered very casual. That is, residents generally only wear them if they are on-call or post-call, or if they are operating that day. It's also often the outfit of choice in the messier/high procedure units like the ICU, since you can get them dirty and it doesn't matter, as you can always exchange them.

At all the hospitals I've been at, scrubs are available to all residents, not just surgical personnel. And I've never seen a hospital that has different scrubs for surgery than regular scrubs.

 

[QHamp]

Originally posted by ******
How would scrubs be similar to "the clothes worn by the men in china and india?"

Here's a link to a china man's outfit:
http://www.cybamall.com/dragons/5658274mm.jpg

(Just imagine it in white with a little longer shirt)

And an indian man's outfit:
http://www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/asia/gm/img17.gif

And perhaps it is a stretch of my imagination, but I do see a resemblance. For good measure, I'll stick on a link to an American scrub uniform:
http://us.st5.yimg.com/store1.yimg.com/I/allheart_1727_136973051

 

[Winged Scapula]

Originally posted by AJM
Take a look at the residents from the TV show, "Scrubs". Scrubs are the outfits they are all wearing in the hospital -- they kind of resemble pajamas. While they are medical uniforms, they are considered very casual. That is, residents generally only wear them if they are on-call or post-call, or if they are operating that day. It's also often the outfit of choice in the messier/high procedure units like the ICU, since you can get them dirty and it doesn't matter, as you can always exchange them.

At all the hospitals I've been at, scrubs are available to all residents, not just surgical personnel. And I've never seen a hospital that has different scrubs for surgery than regular scrubs.

Depends on the hospital. Some I rotated at as a medical student (including my medical school) would not allow us to wear them outside of the OR or when not doing messy bedside procedures. Here we are allowed to wear them daily, on all occasions, except for some clinics and some attending rounds.

In addition, there are different scrubs - the medicine guys wear blue scrubs and we (surgical residents, students, and staff) wear green. Respiratory therapists, etc. also wear a different color.

 

[Kluver Bucy]

Originally posted by Jani
This is in Australia by the way, and I have never heard of scrubs except in a recent tele series"scrubs" which looks like quite an entertaining series.

The title of that show cleverly makes reference to another definition of the word scrub, which according to Webster is "one who labors hard and lives meanly."