Medical personnel wearing scrubs outside of work

[Anonymous]

Yet, you're not at all worried about Chipotle take out 🌮

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If they are going in to work, fine. Leaving work, not so much.

This. I'm a nurse. Most of us wear street clothes in and change into scrubs at work. I do know some people who wear personal scrubs into work and then change into hospital provided scrubs there. So I suppose you could be seeing those people.

Yes, DH who is an ER doc does this. He has scrubs from home and then changes into hospital scrubs. I’ve told him not to shop afterwards because of people like the OP who will make assumptions.

Who cares if they make assumptions? That’s their problem. I will continue to report to work in my scrubs, don my PPE when treating patients, and stop at the store on my way home in my scrubs.

PP - you are absolutely right. He’s out there saving lives, and all these people can think about is that he’s spreading germs. This leads me to other concerns about discrimination against health care workers and their families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are everyone’s thoughts on medical personnel wearing scrubs in public places? Yesterday went to a Chipotle for take out and saw some healthcare workers wearing scrubs in line. Nearest medical facility was a block away and is an urgent care center. I respect healthcare workers and front line workers at this juncture of the most unprecedented pandemic in history BUT I am also concerned that wearing scrubs or PPE outside of the workplace is inappropriate. How do we know that their scrubs do not harbor Covid19 viral particles? They should at least change into street clothes. Just my 2 cents on this topic

They want attention. For the first time ever people are clapping for them. It's like a soldiers uniform.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What are everyone’s thoughts on medical personnel wearing scrubs in public places? Yesterday went to a Chipotle for take out and saw some healthcare workers wearing scrubs in line. Nearest medical facility was a block away and is an urgent care center. I respect healthcare workers and front line workers at this juncture of the most unprecedented pandemic in history BUT I am also concerned that wearing scrubs or PPE outside of the workplace is inappropriate. How do we know that their scrubs do not harbor Covid19 viral particles? They should at least change into street clothes. Just my 2 cents on this topic

They want attention. For the first time ever people are clapping for them. It's like a soldiers uniform.

Wow, you really think the worst of people, huh?

[Anonymous]

Latest NYC study shows healthcare workers are less likely to have covid than others. PPE worn on the job works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they are going in to work, fine. Leaving work, not so much.

This. I'm a nurse. Most of us wear street clothes in and change into scrubs at work. I do know some people who wear personal scrubs into work and then change into hospital provided scrubs there. So I suppose you could be seeing those people.

Yes, DH who is an ER doc does this. He has scrubs from home and then changes into hospital scrubs. I’ve told him not to shop afterwards because of people like the OP who will make assumptions.

Who cares if they make assumptions? That’s their problem. I will continue to report to work in my scrubs, don my PPE when treating patients, and stop at the store on my way home in my scrubs.

PP - you are absolutely right. He’s out there saving lives, and all these people can think about is that he’s spreading germs. This leads me to other concerns about discrimination against health care workers and their families.

Are you insane? Scrubs = germs. Why not just buy a leisure suit instead of flaunting your "right" to wear scrubs. Maybe we should all wear scrubs to make the "stigman" and "scrubs shaming" go away?

Just don't wear scrubs out on the street, you fool.

[Anonymous]

I.... cannot fathom having this level of anxiety about "germs" (which most non anxious, mentally stable people do not fear).

Just because someone is wearing jeans or khackis, you have no idea where they have been.

Some of you all really need to talk to your doctor. The more you let your mental health fester like this, the worse it's going to get. This is the world we live in - there are germs everywhere, all the time, and it's not necessarily a bad thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they are going in to work, fine. Leaving work, not so much.

This. I'm a nurse. Most of us wear street clothes in and change into scrubs at work. I do know some people who wear personal scrubs into work and then change into hospital provided scrubs there. So I suppose you could be seeing those people.

Yes, DH who is an ER doc does this. He has scrubs from home and then changes into hospital scrubs. I’ve told him not to shop afterwards because of people like the OP who will make assumptions.

Who cares if they make assumptions? That’s their problem. I will continue to report to work in my scrubs, don my PPE when treating patients, and stop at the store on my way home in my scrubs.

PP - you are absolutely right. He’s out there saving lives, and all these people can think about is that he’s spreading germs. This leads me to other concerns about discrimination against health care workers and their families.

Are you insane? Scrubs = germs. Why not just buy a leisure suit instead of flaunting your "right" to wear scrubs. Maybe we should all wear scrubs to make the "stigman" and "scrubs shaming" go away?

Just don't wear scrubs out on the street, you fool.

Actually let's take this a step further and not let the patients out of the hospital who carry these germs and walk among us, spewing their germs everywhere. I mean forget scrubs, it's the patients we should ban from being in public! You all realize there are tons more germs to be freaked out about than COVID and some patients may carry them for life. Ban anyone colonized with candida auris from grocery stores!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they are going in to work, fine. Leaving work, not so much.

This. I'm a nurse. Most of us wear street clothes in and change into scrubs at work. I do know some people who wear personal scrubs into work and then change into hospital provided scrubs there. So I suppose you could be seeing those people.

Yes, DH who is an ER doc does this. He has scrubs from home and then changes into hospital scrubs. I’ve told him not to shop afterwards because of people like the OP who will make assumptions.

Who cares if they make assumptions? That’s their problem. I will continue to report to work in my scrubs, don my PPE when treating patients, and stop at the store on my way home in my scrubs.

PP - you are absolutely right. He’s out there saving lives, and all these people can think about is that he’s spreading germs. This leads me to other concerns about discrimination against health care workers and their families.

Are you insane? Scrubs = germs. Why not just buy a leisure suit instead of flaunting your "right" to wear scrubs. Maybe we should all wear scrubs to make the "stigman" and "scrubs shaming" go away?

Just don't wear scrubs out on the street, you fool.

Actually let's take this a step further and not let the patients out of the hospital who carry these germs and walk among us, spewing their germs everywhere. I mean forget scrubs, it's the patients we should ban from being in public! You all realize there are tons more germs to be freaked out about than COVID and some patients may carry them for life. Ban anyone colonized with candida auris from grocery stores!

Uh...ok. That’s what isolation rooms are for. They keep patients in those rooms to prevent cross infections. Scrubs are worn inside those rooms as well and those scrubs LEAVE the hospital on healthcare workers. Don’t want to stigmatize anyone, but if you’re wearing scrubs in the evening after work out in public, YOU are a potential carrier...PERIOD! Why do think that ER doc comes into their house from the basement and leaves his soiled clothes to wash. If scrubs are sterile, go home and hug your loved ones wearing them!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they are going in to work, fine. Leaving work, not so much.

This. I'm a nurse. Most of us wear street clothes in and change into scrubs at work. I do know some people who wear personal scrubs into work and then change into hospital provided scrubs there. So I suppose you could be seeing those people.

Yes, DH who is an ER doc does this. He has scrubs from home and then changes into hospital scrubs. I’ve told him not to shop afterwards because of people like the OP who will make assumptions.

Who cares if they make assumptions? That’s their problem. I will continue to report to work in my scrubs, don my PPE when treating patients, and stop at the store on my way home in my scrubs.

PP - you are absolutely right. He’s out there saving lives, and all these people can think about is that he’s spreading germs. This leads me to other concerns about discrimination against health care workers and their families.

Are you insane? Scrubs = germs. Why not just buy a leisure suit instead of flaunting your "right" to wear scrubs. Maybe we should all wear scrubs to make the "stigman" and "scrubs shaming" go away?

Just don't wear scrubs out on the street, you fool.

Actually let's take this a step further and not let the patients out of the hospital who carry these germs and walk among us, spewing their germs everywhere. I mean forget scrubs, it's the patients we should ban from being in public! You all realize there are tons more germs to be freaked out about than COVID and some patients may carry them for life. Ban anyone colonized with candida auris from grocery stores!

Uh...ok. That’s what isolation rooms are for. They keep patients in those rooms to prevent cross infections. Scrubs are worn inside those rooms as well and those scrubs LEAVE the hospital on healthcare workers. Don’t want to stigmatize anyone, but if you’re wearing scrubs in the evening after work out in public, YOU are a potential carrier...PERIOD! Why do think that ER doc comes into their house from the basement and leaves his soiled clothes to wash. If scrubs are sterile, go home and hug your loved ones wearing them!

DP. You need to talk to a mental health professional.

If you're hugging people you don't know wearing scrubs without their consent, you could get arrested.

[Anonymous]

Reading this thread gives me the same feeling that the CDC thinks regular people are not worthy of wearing surgical face masks because it doesn’t work. We need to save them for healthcare workers. Well, guess what!?! The last time I checked, I belong to the same species as any healthcare worker and why would it help them but not us.
These scrub lovers are saying..hey, we’re all the same! Street clothes or not, scrubs are the same as jeans. If that’s the case, wear jeans to work! Or better yet, let’s see someone wear scrubs on an airplane. See how that pans out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I.... cannot fathom having this level of anxiety about "germs" (which most non anxious, mentally stable people do not fear).

Just because someone is wearing jeans or khackis, you have no idea where they have been.

Some of you all really need to talk to your doctor. The more you let your mental health fester like this, the worse it's going to get. This is the world we live in - there are germs everywhere, all the time, and it's not necessarily a bad thing.

Yes, I feel the same way when I see someone wearing vinyl gloves to make my food, handle cash and wipe their noses. My psychiatrist told me not to be anxious about it, so.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they are going in to work, fine. Leaving work, not so much.

This. I'm a nurse. Most of us wear street clothes in and change into scrubs at work. I do know some people who wear personal scrubs into work and then change into hospital provided scrubs there. So I suppose you could be seeing those people.

Yes, DH who is an ER doc does this. He has scrubs from home and then changes into hospital scrubs. I’ve told him not to shop afterwards because of people like the OP who will make assumptions.

Who cares if they make assumptions? That’s their problem. I will continue to report to work in my scrubs, don my PPE when treating patients, and stop at the store on my way home in my scrubs.

PP - you are absolutely right. He’s out there saving lives, and all these people can think about is that he’s spreading germs. This leads me to other concerns about discrimination against health care workers and their families.

Are you insane? Scrubs = germs. Why not just buy a leisure suit instead of flaunting your "right" to wear scrubs. Maybe we should all wear scrubs to make the "stigman" and "scrubs shaming" go away?

Just don't wear scrubs out on the street, you fool.

Actually let's take this a step further and not let the patients out of the hospital who carry these germs and walk among us, spewing their germs everywhere. I mean forget scrubs, it's the patients we should ban from being in public! You all realize there are tons more germs to be freaked out about than COVID and some patients may carry them for life. Ban anyone colonized with candida auris from grocery stores!

Uh...ok. That’s what isolation rooms are for. They keep patients in those rooms to prevent cross infections. Scrubs are worn inside those rooms as well and those scrubs LEAVE the hospital on healthcare workers. Don’t want to stigmatize anyone, but if you’re wearing scrubs in the evening after work out in public, YOU are a potential carrier...PERIOD! Why do think that ER doc comes into their house from the basement and leaves his soiled clothes to wash. If scrubs are sterile, go home and hug your loved ones wearing them!

What you aren't getting is that isolation rooms may be used but some things patients have they may live with for life. Candida auris is one example, a highly resistant yeast that people can be colonized with for who knows how long and may shed with their skin... And they are at the grocery store feeling the peaches next to you.

Wash your hands and have a glass of wine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I.... cannot fathom having this level of anxiety about "germs" (which most non anxious, mentally stable people do not fear).

Just because someone is wearing jeans or khackis, you have no idea where they have been.

Some of you all really need to talk to your doctor. The more you let your mental health fester like this, the worse it's going to get. This is the world we live in - there are germs everywhere, all the time, and it's not necessarily a bad thing.

Yes, I feel the same way when I see someone wearing vinyl gloves to make my food, handle cash and wipe their noses. My psychiatrist told me not to be anxious about it, so.....

So... how's it working out for you? Are you able to move on, or does it fester in your head?

I get that the anxiety is due to a lack of feeling in control. What are you doing to remedy that and accept that the world/life is not able to be controlled?

[Anonymous]

People we are talking about contagion of Covid19 not some yeast infection. There are of course billions and billions of germs...what differentiates each is the infectivity and morbidity of each. Ebola’s mortality rate is high in the 80-90% so many people who contracts it usually die thus the virus dies with them. On the other hand, influenza virus mortality rate is much lower in the teens so virus can propagate and each year comes back. Covid19 being a fairly new virus is both deadly and contagious...the perfect virus for pandemics