{"id":377,"date":"2012-02-17T17:19:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T17:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nursinghomeapparel.com\/blog\/?p=377"},"modified":"2012-05-07T20:11:58","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T20:11:58","slug":"info-on-disposable-scrubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nursinghomeapparel.com\/blog\/disposables\/info-on-disposable-scrubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Info on Disposable Scrubs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most people are familiar with the medical garment known as \u201cscrubs.\u201d\u00a0 On television and in the movies they are probably the most common costume subscribed to roles in the medical field.\u00a0 While you can probably recognize a \u201cscrub\u201d when you visit a doctor\u2019s office or hospital, you may not be aware that many nurses, surgeons, and doctors actually wear disposable scrubs<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> and not something that is reused over and over again.\u00a0 When you think about it, though, this should make a lot of sense since you wouldn\u2019t want to be exposed to the same dangerous infections that other patients might have.<\/p>\n

Disposable scrubs<\/a> <\/strong>help to ensure that a doctor isn\u2019t exposed to these infections either.\u00a0 While the garments appear to be lightweight they are of the strongest integrity.\u00a0 In fact, many are three times as resilient as reusable scrubs; providing more security against potential cross-contamination.\u00a0 This is partially due to the tough synthetic fabric used to make them, but also because they are never laundered and thus the integrity of the fabric is never threatened like it is with clothing that is washed all the time.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Disposable scrubs<\/a><\/strong> are also beneficial because they function well in all environments.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter if they are wet or dry or if it is warm or cool, they continue to offer the same resistance against cross-contamination.\u00a0 On top of being lightweight and breathable they are also smooth and wrinkle-free, so they also look good at all times too.\u00a0 While this isn\u2019t nearly as important as safety, it certainly helps medical professionals to continue looking professional.<\/p>\n

Another reason why\u00a0disposable scrubs<\/a><\/strong> <\/strong>are so beneficial is because they have not been known to generate allergenic responses in doctors or patients.\u00a0 This means that no matter what your ailment might be, you do not have to worry about further irritation from seasonal or environmental allergens.\u00a0 Of course, cloth-based uniforms collect lint, dust, dander, pollen, and whatever else might wander in through a window or carried in on a patient.\u00a0 When they are washed they produce more lint and collect more dust.<\/p>\n

One of the greatest benefits that these garments provide, though, is that they save hospitals a lot of money on laundry.\u00a0 Hospitals already have to wash bed sheets, pillows, towels and other garments, so using inexpensive disposable examination wear and other garments reduces materials costs and the utility cost of electricity and water.\u00a0 Of course, this helps to conserver water too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most people are familiar with the medical garment known as \u201cscrubs.\u201d\u00a0 On television and in the movies they are probably the most common costume subscribed to roles in the medical field.\u00a0 While you can probably recognize a \u201cscrub\u201d when you visit a doctor\u2019s office or hospital, you may not be aware that many nurses, surgeons, and doctors actually wear disposable scrubs and not something that is reused over and over again.\u00a0 When you think about it, though, this should make … Continue reading “Info on Disposable Scrubs”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[82],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disposables","tag-disposable-scrubs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nursinghomeapparel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nursinghomeapparel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nursinghomeapparel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nursinghomeapparel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nursinghomeapparel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nursinghomeapparel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":406,"href":"https:\/\/www.nursinghomeapparel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions\/406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nursinghomeapparel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nursinghomeapparel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nursinghomeapparel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}