Surgical Scrubs and Their Importance

Ask any patient about their most abiding image of a nurse and it will come in the form of a man or a woman wearing a surgical scrub. The reason for their ubiquity is their utmost importance in the field of medicine and surgery. These uniforms are the worker’s protection against contaminants. They make a medical professional’s job easier. Each piece of clothing in the set has its own function, whether it be a surgeon gown or scrub caps.

Their place in the medical facility cannot be disputed. We list here some of the benefits of wearing these scrubs. They include importance to the medical personnel, healthcare facilities and the patients themselves.

1. Sufficient Protection from Body Fluids – The person working in a surgery should never come in contact with the body fluids of the patient. High-quality scrubs offer that protection because their fabric is thick enough to act as a barrier.
2. Economic efficiency – The way the scrubs are designed make them suitable for regular use at the least cost. The fabrics present in the scrubs are designed to withstand even the roughest and the most thorough cleaning without getting damaged. They can be used over a period of many years, despite frequent use and washes. When they need to be replaced, they can be replaced inexpensively.
3. Comfort in Movement – Working in a medical facility is a demanding job. Not only are they exposed to myriad disease-causing vectors every day, they generally have to do their job standing on their feet throughout. The hours are often long and shifts are irregular. They have to move about throughout the facility and often with patients. These uniforms give them maximum comfort.
4. Functionality – With the range of motion they provide, scrubs already aid functionality of the wearer. They also have large pockets to ensure that the job of the wearer becomes even easier.
5. Easy identification – Just as a company uniform helps people identify employees, scrubs do the same for medical professionals. For a patient’s kin, it makes it possible to seek out help from the right person instead of mistaking someone unrelated as a medical worker.
6. Protection against cross contamination – When a person leaves the medical facility, there is the possibility they carry pathogens on their clothes to the community. Hence, it makes sense for a person to wear different clothes when they are working in a medical facility. These clothes can then be left behind when leaving the premises.

Jatin Sharma Member since March 23, 2021