What do doctors wear?

Question

Sometimes doctors are wearing nice clothes a white coat over them.
And sometimes doctors are wearing scrubs.
What do doctors wear the most often?
And do they wear the coats all the time?

Answer 1

I own a white coat, but the last time I saw it, my daughter was using it in a school play. Sigh.

I wear scrubs all the time. The hospital washes them, and I don't take other people's blood (or other fluids) home with me. (I also have shoes that live at the hospital).

I work in the operating room all day, and you just never know what's going to be flying around in there. It feels good to leave the work clothes behind at the end of the day.

Doctors who work in offices are expected to look professional, and have to dress the part. The white coat completes the look, and is a handy place to store things like a stethoscope, prescription pad, etc.

I prefer to spend all day in PJ's! (Scrubs) Far more comfortable.

Answer 2

Once not that long ago, people who did manual labor dressed that way, and most of the middle class wore business suits to work. One would never go shopping in shorts and a T-shirt. Doctors wore suits, and took off the coat, substituting a lab coat, for work. Scrubs were only worn, along with a surgical gown, etc., in the OR, labor and delivery, and the ER. In those days, surgical gowns weren't the current barrier gowns but simply something (sterile in the OR) to keep the street clothes from being soiled.
Since then, society in general has gone from informal to casual to grubby in day-to-day wear, and as you may see somebody in Wal-Mart wearing a tank top, shorts, and flip-flops, you may also see doctors wearing scrubs in the most ridiculous situations.
I personally despise lab coats, and I don't even know where mine are. I work in a very low-volume, low-trauma ER, and I normally wear a shirt and tie, and I put on a barrier gown over my street clothes as needed. There are studies that suggest patients subliminally trust and listen to doctors wearing a tie (or the equivalent level of nice clothes in female doctors), so I think of it as a little sacrifice for improved relations with the patients. I should note that there are also studies that have shown doctors' neckties, when cultured, grow some pretty nasty germs, but I hope I deal with that.

Answer 3

I'm not a doctor, but I work with them. If they are in the office, they may or may not use coats. When they are on rounds examining patients at the hospital, it is preferable to use the coat because it is easier to carry all you need in the pockets. Doctors at surgery or ER usually use scrubs. It's more comfortable and practical.But coats are not exclusive for doctors, since other health care professionals use them. I have a coat. I'm a pharmacist.

Answer 4

It depends on the time and place. Also, other people who work with doctors, like their assistants, may also wear what doctors wear.

Scrubs are used during surgeries and other "messy" situations.

Doctors may like white coats because of the huge pockets with which they can store equipments, such as charts, medicene handbooks, and stethoscopes. Also, white coats cover them up during "normal" examinations. These might include yearly physical check-ups, looking at X-rays, or giving a shot, or checking blood pressure.

A doctor wearing formal attire may be giving presentations or working in research labs (usually, they wear white coats over their clothes).

Answer 5

A long white coat is symbolic of the medical profession. Doctors wear them. Interns sometimes wear s short white jacket.

Medical assistants, physicians assistants, nurses, nurse assistants, radiology technicians, etc. may all wear white coats, depending on the facility.

Medical staff wear scrubs in places where they are likely to come in contact with blood or other bodily fluids. A surgeon will wear them in the operating room, but will wear a dress and a white coat in her office. A nurse will more likely wear scrubs in the emergency room. A nurse on a patient floor wears a nicer version of scrubs, generally white slacks and a patterned top.

In some places, the color of scrubs identify you. Nurses and doctors and PA's wear different colored scrubs. It depends on the hospital.

Answer 6

White coat!

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Depends. The docs who wear scrubs are the ones who actually get dirty when they work. They work in the ER or operating room etc.

Docs who wear business suits etc are the ones who don't get too dirty doing their work. They usually sit in offices or just do physicals etc.

Answer 9

You have already answered your own question.