Learning to Wash Clothes

personally, i learned NOT to bleach the dove uniforms, turns em yellow. I got some oxiclean, and when I went to the laundrymat learned to just toss that in when the water started running. worked GREAT! I would shout the stains, wash them in hot water, and dry completely....downy wrinkle reducer worked well also...feel free to ask your classmates for help.

Agree with these. And when you get a bottle of peroxide for blood, also get hair spray for ink stains.
Hair spray used on small ink stains before they get washed and dried in the machine, often will take them out.

One thing to watch for with bleach & uniforms - if your uniform top (or lab coat) has embroidered stitching, be VERY careful with bleach. It can sometimes turn black thread to pale brown thread, or red thread to pink.

There's a lot of good ole fashioned laundry soaps that come in bar form, I can't think of the names of them right now, but they're in any grocery store laundry aisle. Walmart seems to have the best selection. I lived in Brasil, where 3rd world burlap was the norm, and hand washed my clothes for 2 years. The bar soap works excellent on whites, and if you get a stain or something just rub the soap into the clothing dry, maybe with a dab of hot water, preferably from the stove, and let it soak for 10 or 15 minutes. Then you can hand wash or throw it in a reg washer. Knowing the kind of stuff I've gotten on my scrubs, a nice machine makes me feel comfortable, followed by a nice hot dryer.