They’ve become a status symbol.
Comment on Discussion Thread 🍎 Monday 13 July 2026
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 3 hours agoI’m concerned about the infection control risk associated with people wearing medical scrubs outside of work. To me it seems unprofessional.
Eagle@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
Wearing clean scrubs on the way to work I can kinda understand, but on the way home? Or even out on lunch break? What if there’s bodily fluids on them, surely they be put into the hospital wash and not be take home?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 15 minutes ago
I thought scrubs is what you put on at work to protect patients?