5 Quick Tips on Choosing Medical Uniforms and Scrubs For Your Medical Staff
Though a seemingly minor aspect of your practice, medical uniforms and scrubs go a long way to adding professionalism and uniformity among your staff. Some healthcare clinics and practices use specific colors to designate roles and positions. Others provide their staff greater options when choosing their uniforms/scrubs. Regardless of your practice’s methodology, UPS Healthcare wants to help streamline your purchasing process and enhance your staff’s uniformity. Here are five tips we recommend you consider before your next purchase.
- Stock Up. You will want to have plenty of uniforms and scrubs for all the staff members. Consider the positions, the appropriate colors and prints, and any needed customization. It’s important to have enough to cover long-term staff members as well as rotating positions that may seem to shift from time to time.
- Keep a wide selection. Having appropriate sizes is essential. A large stock of additional sizes may not be necessary if your turn around is small, but the larger your employee turn around, the more options you should have available. A spare set of medical uniforms and scrubs in every size will ensure that no one is left out. Do not forget to purchase plus size medical uniforms and scrubs for plus size staff members as well. With more and more people falling within the plus size category, the necessity for plus size medical apparel is increasing.
- Consider Customization. Customization is a great way to tailor the look of your medical staff. Customization always adds to the professional appearance. Make sure you keep extra sets so that new staff members don’t stand out or leave you scrambling to place an order.
- Replenish at regular intervals. When you purchase uniforms or scrubs for your medical facility, consider purchasing once or twice a year. Replenishing your stock at regular intervals will help you save time and money. Making purchases in quantity can and will save you money in either discounts or free shipping or customization.
- Or, buy “as needed.” Another method of purchasing medical uniforms and scrubs is to purchase what you need when you need it. For instance, if you keep an adequate supply on hand, then as a new uniform or scrub is needed, you have some general, temporary scrubs or uniforms available until you can order the real deal.
Thoughtful purchasing of medical uniforms and scrubs can save you both time and money while making your medical facility run more smoothly.
Contact UPS Healthcare today to discover more ways we can bolster your practice’s efficiency.