Spare set of scrubs

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How do you store an extra set of scrubs in your vehicle for those times when you just can't finish the shift with what got on you? Looking for some ideas so that they will stay clean and not look like I just slept in them.

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Specializes in Surgical, quality,management.

Fold them.......

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
Fold them.......

Or you can tightly roll them, if you know how to do it right

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I've been forgetting to get my bag together for the longest time just for this instance.

I actually had scrubs packed up, and surprisingly they stayed pretty nice. I folded them as flat and neatly as I could and put them in with my stuff so they wouldn't move all that much. Imagine my surprise when they weren't wrinkled when I took them out.

Although, honestly, on a day when I've got so much crud on me that I need to change, I don't really care what the spare scrubs look like, because it's probably been a pretty bad day. Haha.

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I put them in a clear garbage bag folded with a dryer sheet in the bag to keep them smelling fresh and clean and keep the bag in my trunk.

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.

I keep them in my locker, because if the day is so bad that I need fresh scrubs, I probably won't be able to get away long enough to go all the way to my car. They're rolled as neatly as I can manage, but will probably still look like an unmade bed when I shake them out.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, C-NPT, FP-C.

When I worked in hospital, I have a small duffel with a rolled scrub top and my medic pants (ER medics could wear their black EMS BDUs) rolled around those. Seemed to work ok

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