How often do you wash your scrubs? :)

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Hello, lovely nurses!

We have just moved to MI and I found a lovely job at EC observation unit. So I see a big difference between the hospital I worked at and this magnet hospital. Nurses are so much appreciated and protected from verbal or any abuse here. (Sorry for a long introduction)

So, I just wanted to share this with you. ? I had a little break and I missed my job soooo much! ?

I always wanted to ask other nurses how often you wash your scrubs. I usually throw it into laundry after each shift and its condition gets worn off fast.

So, do you, nurses, wash your scrubs after each shift or you think it is not necessary?

Thank you ?

Specializes in ER OR LTC Code Blue Trauma Dog.

Wash scrubs?

You mean to say people still actually do that?

I just burn mine in a bonfire after every shift...

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Specializes in ER, TNCC.

I wear my shirts once, dirty clothes. My pants, I wear twice unless I have stains. I do laundry once a week

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yep I wash my scrubs after each use. Gross - no telling what goobers I come home with working with elementary kids.

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On 9/18/2019 at 1:55 AM, Section8UpX68WM6 said:

Do you guys also iron them after washing and drying them?

Every Sunday night. Scrubs and work t-shirts.

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Specializes in ER, TNCC.
17 minutes ago, smc5127 said:

I wear my shirts once, dirty clothes. My pants, I wear twice unless I have stains. I do laundry once a week

The pants is only if I'm in the office, otherwise I only wear those once too

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Specializes in LTC.

After every shift...

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On 8/21/2019 at 6:08 PM, RNinheart said:

Hello, lovely nurses!

We have just moved to MI and I found a lovely job at EC observation unit. So I see a big difference between the hospital I worked at and this magnet hospital. Nurses are so much appreciated and protected from verbal or any abuse here. (Sorry for a long introduction)

So, I just wanted to share this with you. ? I had a little break and I missed my job soooo much! ?

I always wanted to ask other nurses how often you wash your scrubs. I usually throw it into laundry after each shift and its condition gets worn off fast.

So, do you, nurses, wash your scrubs after each shift or you think it is not necessary?

Thank you ?

Hi,

I have a separate bin for my scrubs and usually wait a week, I have 6 sets, to wash them. Also, I leave my shoes in the car or my locker at work. It never touches my home.

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Specializes in Med Surg, Tele, PH, CM.

This is a joke, right? Who would wear a set of scrubs that have not been washed? Like wearing the same underwear two days in a row. Nasty...

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Specializes in FNP, Retail Health, Primary Care, Corrections.

At my old job, I had 12 sets of navy scrubs (it was a requirement to deployable for disaster relief). I washed my scrubs at the end of the week and rotated them out regularly. No issues.

Now I teach 2 days/week and bought one set of white scrubs. When I took the position, I wasn't sure if I would teach more than one semester so I didn't want to buy multiple sets. I wash those after each shift, and they're pretty worn now that the semester is over. Laundering less was never a question, however, I will be purchasing more white scrubs.

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

I wash them after every shift. But I get mine at WalMart and have a good selection to rotate through, so I don’t worry about them getting worn out fast.

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Specializes in cardiac-telemetry, hospice, ICU.

why is this even a question. daily of coorifice

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Specializes in Critical Care.

I don't think it's unreasonable to expect nurses to have some basic understanding of pathogen transmission, and that it has no direct relationship to the amount of time it takes the earth to make a full 360 degree revolution.

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