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The Evolution of Nursing Scrubs More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Irini Chatziioakeimidou | permalink
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Nurses mostly wear scrubs today but that was not always how it was. How did it come to be that nurses would wear scrubs each day to work?
Tags: scrubs, nursing, clothes, history. hospitals, facilities

For further reading: http://www.jacksonvilleu.com/resources/history-of-nursing/uniforms-why-nurses-wear-scrubs/ ^[1]

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How Unsettling Is It That Doctors Wear Scrubs to Whole Foods? More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Jim Bierbower | permalink
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Doctor Hamblin's Emporium of Medicinal Wonderments: In an ongoing series, the curious men and women of The Atlantic bombard me with their physiological curiosities.
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For further reading: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/08/how-unsettling-is-it-that-doctors-wear-scrubs-to-whole-foods/261557/ ^[2]

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Should Doctors and Nurses Wear Scrubs in Public? | Physician's Weekly More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by June Schmieder - Ramirez | permalink
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Being “old school,” I don’t like to see people wearing scrubs outside of the hospital. But there is no evidence that bacteria on scrubs spread disease, and a large number of ancillary hospital personnel wear scrubs.
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For further reading: http://www.physiciansweekly.com/scrubs-wearing-in-public/ ^[3]

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Why Do Doctors Wear Green Or Blue Scrubs? More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Richard Zenteno | permalink
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Green may be well-suited to help doctors see better in the operating room.

For further reading: http://www.livescience.com/32450-why-do-doctors-wear-green-or-blue-scrubs-.html ^[4]

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Why Are Scrubs Usually Blue or Green? More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by nsheean | permalink
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Medical professionals can choose from a wide variety of scrubs with different colors and patterns. So why are plain blue and green ones so

For further reading: http://mentalfloss.com/article/25981/why-are-scrubs-usually-blue-or-green ^[5]

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June Schmieder - Ramirez, Richard Zenteno, nsheean, Irini Chatziioakeimidou, Jim Bierbower

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1. http://www.jacksonvilleu.com/resources/history-of-nursing/uniforms-why-nurses-wear-scrubs/

2. http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/08/how-unsettling-is-it-that-doctors-wear-scrubs-to-whole-foods/261557/

3. http://www.physiciansweekly.com/scrubs-wearing-in-public/

4. http://www.livescience.com/32450-why-do-doctors-wear-green-or-blue-scrubs-.html

5. http://mentalfloss.com/article/25981/why-are-scrubs-usually-blue-or-green