Scrubs colors.
 

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How about scrubs' colors at the Villages Regional Hospital? Is there a scheme to these?

Nope, the colors are strictly the choice of the Hospital's employee since they pay for their own.

depends on the hospital. Some use color for what job you have. Such as a clerk would wear beige, a RN would wear navy. That way you know who enters your room, to care for you. You do not get to pick your color its predetermined, and yes you still buy your uniform. Scrubs are used in the OR, Xray, and OB. Usually the same color for all departments have the hospital stamped on them, as well as a GPS in the shirt. That way if they walk hospital knows where. Sent out to be cleaned and employee does not buy them.

My response was to the question about The Villages Hospital. They do not set certain colors for employees. The employees choose the colors and purchase their own scrubs.

Thanks gadaboutgal for the information.

RNs now are required to wear black and/or white scrubs at TVRH. Not sure who chose black, hospitals can be depressing enough, but understand it was the staffing choice. Staff pay for their scrubs.

I agree hospitals can be depressing. I did volunteer work for a year of Saturdays at the Veterans Hospital in Reno, Nevada in 1977-1978 while I was pre-med. I got to wear whatever I wanted within reason of course. No cut-off jeans or t-shirts but could just wear casual clothes. I was in the intensive care unit usually reading to patients or feeding them or playing games not all that well with them.

I went more into a pre-law mode after that.

Scrubs colors
 

Sometimes I find the use of all black a bit unsettling. LOL

MD offices often use colors to differentiate personnel positions. My VHCS has color coded uniforms going on. The Med Techs wear one color, Phlebotomist diff color, etc. Clerical staff manning desks wear yet another color. Not a bad idea and cost effective for the staff. I do feel that those physically interacting with HANDS ON patient care need to wash, wash, wash and wear lab coats to protect them AND the patient. Carrying bugs home is not great for anyone. I feel that as our patient populating ages increase, so too should exercise universal hand-washing precautions; at the very least.

My experience, geographically limited, is that all staff that was required to wear scrubs or similar attire was either provided with the scrubs, or more commonly had a "uniform allowance" that reimbursed them for the cost of buying the required scrubs up to a maximum per year. I checked online and see the VA has a $400 initial lump sum allowance and an additional $215 per year.

So while it is true that staff bought their uniform, they were repaid. Was this not the case for those of you who worked in hospitals and offices?