Tips for Washing Your Medical Scrubs

If you are in the medical field, chances are pretty high that you need to wear scrubs to work. With that being said, you should also wash your medical scrubs everyday as well. When you wash clothing on a daily basis, however, it will fade and look worn out as time goes on. Since you own fewer sets of scrubs that regular clothing wearing them out will happen much sooner than you expect.

Take a look at these tips that will help your medical clothing look newer a lot longer:

1.     Buy the highest quality scrubs on the market. Whenever you go to buy regular clothing, you probably buy the best on the market. The same should go for your medical attire. Never substitute quality for savings.

2.     Always wash your work clothes separate. Medical scrubs can carry a lot of things home with them but they can also bleed like regular clothing. So make sure the whites stay with the whites and darks with the darks.

3.     Wash your scrubs in cold water, always. Cold water has a habit of trapping the dye and keeping it in your scrubs.

4.     Try adding a single tablespoon of vinegar to your wash before adding detergent or any clothing. This helps stop any bleeding of fabrics.

5.     Always use the delicate cycle.

6.     Mild detergents are always the best. Make sure you let the suds foam up before putting your scrubs in.

7.     Never add softener. However, dryer sheets are okay.

8.     Line dry your scrubs. Never throw your scrubs in the dryer as they could shrink or stain.