Years ago hospitals had what was called candy stripers. These were non-medical personnel there to assist in the same way that you describe. It was a distinctive uniform. Probably not a bad idea to bring back.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I always assumed scrubs existed as just simple, mobile clothing for hospital staff... I've never once associated scrubs with an employees level of medical training

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Many do unfortunately

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I guess I could see that being an issue. But surely a set of scrubs with a different style would be better than just wearing plain clothes to work? Not from like a 'uniformed employees' standpoint, but aren't scrubs designed to be super easy to clean and maintain? I've never needed to wear scrubs, but I have friends who've worked in the medical field and they all seem to love them.. there has to be a reason

by Anonymous 2 years ago

As someone who did PCW during uni, I preferred wearing scrubs because the work can be messy and they're comfortable and clean well. I was and am perfectly capable of explaining to family that I need to seek out someone with more medical training.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I get what you're saying. tl;dr: I had a job where they were trying to get us to wear scrubs and we didn't even work in the hospital. In a previous job, I worked FOR a hospital, but I did not work IN the hospital. My role and my department's role was not related to patient care in the least. If I ever even talked to a patient or even a visitor (outside of some very specific circumstances), it would have been a major issue. We did have medical professionals (doctors/nurses) who worked in our building. They weren't allowed to wear scrubs in this office building. I had a co-worker who was very influential in the department. She was not a medical professional and is the last person you would ever want to come into contact with a patient. She was making a huge push to have our department wear scrubs full-time, not as an option, but as our uniform. If she hadn't been fired, it would have probably happened. The last thing I wanted was to ever be mistaken for some kind of professional that I'm not. Fortunately, that didn't happen.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Color coding scrubs by function of the wearer will cover that problem. Medical staff get the green things, helper folk get the beet juice color. Or however you like.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Unfortunately we work in homes where that wouldn't make a difference

by Anonymous 2 years ago