Where to buy my scrubs...

[kylek044]

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Ok - some scrubs are decent looking, others...not so much.
I personally prefer the draw-string pants.

Where do you get your scrubs? What brand? Do you get them tailored (I listened to a surgeon who told me that the sleeves are too long when you're scrubbing in, so you should get them tailored. I think he might be stupid.)?

 

[njbmd]

Ok - some scrubs are decent looking, others...not so much.
I personally prefer the draw-string pants.

Where do you get your scrubs? What brand? Do you get them tailored (I listened to a surgeon who told me that the sleeves are too long when you're scrubbing in, so you should get them tailored. I think he might be stupid.)?

My scrubs are furnished by the hospitals that I operate in. Outside scrubs are not allowed in the operating suite (except to change out of before changing into hospital scrubs). Most hosptials will not allow "tailored" scrubs from outside into their operating suites and you won't get past the "red line" on the floor or the OR.

If the sleeves are too long, then go down a size (or gasp) try women's tops. Once your outer gown and gloves are in place, no one notices if you are wearing a smaller top size. All of our hospital scrubs have drawstrings. I don't believe I have ever seen scrubs that didn't have drawstring pants. Since I wear an undershirt under my scrub top at all times, if the sleeves are long, I just tuck them up into my undershirt while scrubbing and again, once the outer gown goes on with gloves, no one cares what you look like underneath. After the case, the outer gown gets "chucked" and I can pull the sleeves out then.

If you are looking for scrubs to lounge around in, then do a Google search for uniforms and you are likely to find scrubs for personal purchase.

 

[soeagerun2or]

Ok - some scrubs are decent looking, others...not so much.
I personally prefer the draw-string pants.

Where do you get your scrubs? What brand? Do you get them tailored (I listened to a surgeon who told me that the sleeves are too long when you're scrubbing in, so you should get them tailored. I think he might be stupid.)?

You're going to medical school?

 

[Bertelman]

1) Just "borrow" scrubs from the hospital

2) If you're going to buy, get 100% cotton

3) Sounds like your surgeon friend is too short/too fat. Scrub tops barely reach mid-humerus on me. You only have to scrub to your elbow.

 

[Critical Mass]

What I hate is that all unisex scrubs are really for women. Guys don't pull their pants up to their ribs.

 

[Smurfette]

What I hate is that all unisex scrubs are really for women. Guys don't pull their pants up to their ribs.

?? Trust me, women don't wear pants up to their ribs either if they don't have to.

...unfortunately, scrubs are proportioned wrong for my size (I'm short) and hospital scrub pants go up to my ribs only to prevent the crotch from being at my knees. It's ridiculous how long-torsoed the unisex pants are.

 

[Critical Mass]

?? Trust me, women don't wear pants up to their ribs either if they don't have to.

...unfortunately, scrubs are proportioned wrong for my size (I'm short) and hospital scrub pants go up to my ribs only to prevent the crotch from being at my knees. It's ridiculous how long-torsoed the unisex pants are.

I under-roll the top of the pants after tying the drawstring. It keeps the sag from becoming inhibitory.

 

[dilated]

What I hate is that all unisex scrubs are really for women. Guys don't pull their pants up to their ribs.

No, they're designed to fit the most morbidly obese people imaginable. That's the only design logic I can find in them.

 

[angel80]

I think they are designed for men. When you wear them at the hip (which is where I like the waistband to be), the crotch hangs midway down my thighs, the way that a lot of guys like to wear their jeans. Some of the nurses have the cutest scrubs that are obviously made for women. They fit snuggly at the hip, the pant legs are nice and straight, and then they flare a little at the bottom.

 

[Droopy Snoopy]

(I listened to a surgeon who told me that the sleeves are too long when you're scrubbing in, so you should get them tailored. I think he might be stupid.)?

Maybe one day, but right now when I'm driving to the 'hood to get gas (14 cents cheaper doncha know) and buying 10 lb. jars of peanut butter I'm not blowing money on tailored scrubs. I like regular cotton Landau's with a drawstring and the extra pocket down the leg. There's usually a scrubs store in/near big teaching hospitals, and my school sells them in the bookstore.

 

[vtucci]

No, they're designed to fit the most morbidly obese people imaginable. That's the only design logic I can find in them.

Wrong- having been once morbidly obese myself (but thankfully am no longer), the scrubs are not proportioned for the morbidly obese either-- unless it is for a morbidly obese man with a beer gut and no T&A.

Walmart was great for some scrubs for anatomy lab-- pretty reasonable-- they also had extra smalls for you petite individuals out there. Also, there are always medical supply stores.

 

[mako]

Cherokee's scrubs are always good. Take a look at http://www.scrubsgallery.com/mens-scrubs.html but avoid the uni's.

 

[Samoa]

A2Z uniforms Look for the Angelica/Medline brand.

These are actually the exact same scrubs many hospitals purchase. (So if you happen to go someplace that's stingy about letting students "borrow" hospital scrubs, you can still get some nice ones.)

p.s. the nice hospital scrubs are 50/50 cotton/poly. Don't buy 100% cotton--they wrinkle like crazy.

 

[Critical Mass]

A2Z uniforms Look for the Angelica/Medline brand.

I also endorse Angelica, but I can get cheaper stuff from Jasco (though not reversible).

Life Uniform used to have good cheap scrubs.

 

[MSHell]

Whatever you do, don't buy them from allheart.

The quality is fine (the only redeeming factor), but really crappy customer service and horribly slow shipping times (I probably could have sewn them faster myself)!

 

[Bertelman]

p.s. the nice hospital scrubs are 50/50 cotton/poly. Don't buy 100% cotton--they wrinkle like crazy.

Oh, no no no. Hospitals don't buy 50/50 b/c they are "nice". They're cheaper. Do you buy 50/50 sheets because they are nice?

After about a year of wear and laundry, those 100% cotton scrubs from Angelica will wear like a good pair of blue jeans.

Laundry tip: if you take them out of the dryer as soon as they are finished and shake them off and lay flat, you will have no wrinkles.

 

[Doctor Bagel]

No, they're designed to fit the most morbidly obese people imaginable. That's the only design logic I can find in them.

This is what I have gathered from my albeit limited experience with scrubs. So far, I hate 'em.

 

[Samoa]

Oh, no no no. Hospitals don't buy 50/50 b/c they are "nice". They're cheaper. Do you buy 50/50 sheets because they are nice?

After about a year of wear and laundry, those 100% cotton scrubs from Angelica will wear like a good pair of blue jeans.

You're misinterpreting my words. Most online and retail store vendors sell only the 65/35 poly/cotton blends, which don't breath well, and never seem to lose that plastic-y permanent press look. The 50/50 scrubs most hospitals purchase are definitely nicer than that.

Laundry tip: if you take them out of the dryer as soon as they are finished and shake them off and lay flat, you will have no wrinkles.

That is way too high maintenance for my lifestyle. I like to be able to throw my clothes in the dryer and leave the house to go do something else entirely. It would drive me nuts to have to hover over my laundry like that.

IMHO, the 50/50 scrubs look as nice as cotton, are more durable and don't wrinkle as easily.

 

[Bertelman]

IMHO, the 50/50 scrubs look as nice as cotton, are more durable and don't wrinkle as easily.

To each his own. I'll admit I'm a bit of a laundry freak.

 

[Familyties]

Ok - some scrubs are decent looking, others...not so much.
I personally prefer the draw-string pants.

Where do you get your scrubs? What brand? Do you get them tailored (I listened to a surgeon who told me that the sleeves are too long when you're scrubbing in, so you should get them tailored. I think he might be stupid.)?

www.tendollarscubs.com

 

[Mayhem]

I also endorse Angelica, but I can get cheaper stuff from Jasco (though not reversible).

Life Uniform used to have good cheap scrubs.

Here's a dumb question: Can someone explain the point of reversible scrubs to me? The reason I wear scrubs is so I don't get crap on me - literally and figuratively. Why would I want to flip it over and place the dirty side closer to my skin? I'm missing something, aren't I?

 

[francisdoss]

Ok - some scrubs are decent looking, others...not so much.
I personally prefer the draw-string pants.

Where do you get your scrubs? What brand? Do you get them tailored (I listened to a surgeon who told me that the sleeves are too long when you're scrubbing in, so you should get them tailored. I think he might be stupid.)?

Go to jascouniform.com They're the best...

 

[outofhere]

Costco occasionally carries them for cheap.

Hospitals usually provide them when you're on the surgical service. Just take a set for when you're on medicine.

The only set you should 'pay' for are the ones you were to gross anatomy, and who cares if those are nice- they won't be nice after the first wear...

 

[disheveled_dave]

Here's a dumb question: Can someone explain the point of reversible scrubs to me? The reason I wear scrubs is so I don't get crap on me - literally and figuratively. Why would I want to flip it over and place the dirty side closer to my skin? I'm missing something, aren't I?

I always thought it was so the linen service doesn't have to waste time flipping things inside out.

 

[harne003]

Here's a dumb question: Can someone explain the point of reversible scrubs to me? The reason I wear scrubs is so I don't get crap on me - literally and figuratively. Why would I want to flip it over and place the dirty side closer to my skin? I'm missing something, aren't I?

It so you can just put them on without worring if they are right side out....Like in an emergency when time could potentially be critical for example

 

[Bertelman]

It so you can just put them on without worring if they are right side out....Like in an emergency when time could potentially be critical for example

I think it's for the laundry people. I've worked in a hospital for many years, and I can't imagine a scrub emergency where time to get dressed is critical. If you're near a critical situation, you should be in scrubs. If you're not already in scrubs, let those who wear them handle the situation.

 

[alwaysaangel]

As a premed I get mine from dressamed

But thats because I'm female and I like my scrubs more fitted. Dunno how the styles are for men.

Im assuming that next year in med school and then as a resident the hospitals will supply the scrubs...

 

[jace's mom]

Okay, I know this will sound beyond bizarre, but some of the most comfortable and flattering scrubs I own came from Garden Ridge and cost $5 per piece. The pants are draw string, have multiple pockets, and are a little more fitted to the leg with a slight flare at the bottom. The top is v necked and has some kind of stretchy material on the sides so that it can accommodate curves without looking like a giant fabric sack - sort of a poor man's tailor thing going on. Found them in several colors and use them whenever I can get away with it and am sick of wearing the uncomfortable scrubs most hospitals offer.

 

[turkeyjerky]

Great conversation above about how ill-fitting scrubs are. For my part, it seems like all the scrubs here are designed for extremely short, extremely fat women who are top-heavy.

In other words, for scrub techs who've been at it for a few years.

 

[Raryn]

People buy scrubs? I mean, other than nurses?

The hospital gives us scrubs on any rotations that we need them... Hell, depending on the hospital you can take a bunch of pairs home and no one will notice (some have the scrub-x machines though). I guess a lot of my class bought them before M1 anatomy, but the rest just wore old jeans+t-shirt.

 

[VenusinFurs]

I have at least six sets from the hospital.

And being on the short side, I find that they fit comfortably somewhere around the middle of my ribcage. The top makes me feel like a bird because it flaps around my arms.