During the 1980s, young children were tortured during family time when their parents forced them to watch old episodes of MASH. Personally, I found the old doctors in their boring green scrubs boring. Come to think of it, they definitely looked boring. All the characters were always dressed in green. Since MASH was a show about military medics, it makes sense that the characters would be dressed in army green. However, the show was not just about the military, it was about administering medication during a time of war. The doctors in the medical scenes were portrayed in green surgical gowns. Such a view of the hospital environment back then is in stark contrast to a similar scene today. Consider a modern medical TV show like Grey’s Anatomy. Characters who work at the hospital on Grey’s Anatomy are often seen wearing scrubs in a variety of different colors, styles, and patterns. It seems that as the administration of medicine has advanced, so have the uniforms worn by doctors. Today, medical professionals have several different options when choosing their scrubs.
Today’s scrubs are available in several different styles. Name brands like Barco Scrubs and Cherokee Scrubs offer scrub tops in styles like wrap tops, buttonhole tops, and embroidered scrub tops. Cherokee Workwear scrubs are available in the traditional V-neck top and drawstring pants, as well as more modern cardigan tops and jackets. Such styling choices not only shed some light on a boring everyday outfit, but also leave room for individuality. Although the style may vary, the concept remains the same. A scrub of a different style still serves the purpose of cleansing and infection prevention, while straying away from an environment where all professionals look boring and the like.
Scrubs are also available in a rainbow of colors. Barco Metro scrubs exist in colors such as brown, yellow, navy blue, pink, black, and lavender, depending on the design of the item. Other types of cheap medical gowns and cheap nursing gowns are available in colors like mint green, electric blue, fuchsia, and peacock. These vibrant colors not only brighten up the landscape, but are also very likely to uplift the individual patient.
Apart from color, modern scrubs are also available in different patterns. These patterns allow medical professionals to define themselves by the type of medicine they practice. For example, those who work in pediatrics may choose to wear stork or clown print scrubs. Such an outfit could help a nervous child feel more comfortable in the hospital. Scrubs available in different patterns also allow medical employees to express themselves. Patterns like blocks, cherries, and circles combined with different colors help bring a little life to a dreary thicket.
Change is inevitable. As technology improves, the way people conduct business changes. Nowhere is this concept more true than in the medical profession. Doctors today practice medicine very differently than the doctors of our grandparents did. Fortunately for them, they do it in much more attractive cotton robes.