YarraByte@aussie.zoneM to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 11 days agoDiscussion Thread 🍎 Monday 13 July 2026message-squaremessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareDiscussion Thread 🍎 Monday 13 July 2026YarraByte@aussie.zoneM to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 11 days agomessage-square66linkfedilink
minus-squarePeelerSheila @aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 days agoI’m concerned about the infection control risk associated with people wearing medical scrubs outside of work. To me it seems unprofessional.
minus-squareSituationCake@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 days agoWearing clean scrubs on the way to work I can kinda understand, but on the way home? Or even out on lunch break? What if there’s bodily fluids on them, surely they be put into the hospital wash and not be take home?
minus-squareSeagoon_@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 days agoI thought scrubs is what you put on at work to protect patients?
I’m concerned about the infection control risk associated with people wearing medical scrubs outside of work. To me it seems unprofessional.
They’ve become a status symbol.
Wearing clean scrubs on the way to work I can kinda understand, but on the way home? Or even out on lunch break? What if there’s bodily fluids on them, surely they be put into the hospital wash and not be take home?
I thought scrubs is what you put on at work to protect patients?