Many Benefits of Wearing Unisex Scrubs

Many modern medical professionals may not even remember the days when doctors and nurses wore all-white uniforms, from their caps to their shoes. Despite their history in healthcare settings, white uniforms were eventually abandoned partly because the all-white uniforms, when coupled with stark walls and fluorescent lighting, may have led to eye strain and distraction during surgery. They are also more prone to staining from contact with blood and bodily fluids.

Landau Unisex Scrubs

Green and blue are considered relaxing and balancing colors, so it's no surprise that they are the most common colors of Landau unisex scrubs. In the mid-twentieth century, subdued green uniforms became commonplace in hospitals, which in turn evolved into the scrubs commonly worn by medical professionals today. The benefits of wearing healthcare scrubs are myriad; for one, scrubs are comfortable, which is an important feature in a setting that’s constantly bustling and where work shifts tend to be long.

In many facilities, different colored scrubs offer a way to distinguish and identify personnel based on their department, which is an essential and simple organizational tool no matter the size of the facility. Landau unisex scrubs are available in a variety of colors and may be an especially important tool for pediatric healthcare professionals. Studies show that multicolored uniforms often help young patients feel at ease during treatment.

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What is a Sphygmomanometer??

It’s quite a fancy name, and when it comes to medical equipment, having names that hardly anyone can pronounce is fairly standard.  But it’s not a fancy imaging machine, or a device that keeps your heart pumping… It checks your blood pressure!

A sphygmomanometer is a blood pressure meter, the one you see all the time at the doctor’s office, where they cuff goes around your arm and then squeezes to check the pressure of your blood flow.  The ones we see most often use a pump to inflate the cuff and have a manual gauge to check the pressure, while the person measuring also uses a stethoscope so they can hear the point of blood running through the artery. These are called aneroid sphygmomanometers. They were invented in 1881 and improved several times before being introduced as the ones we so often see in the early 1900’s.

Recently, many doctors have switched to digital sphygmomanometers that use just pressure to calculate blood pressure measurements instead of needing the aneroid version plus a stethoscope.  Whether or not doctors use the digital or aneroid versions is a personal choice, with many believing the manual ones to be more accurate as long as they are correctly calibrated. If you’re one of these folks, head on over to our site and pick up a fancy new aneroid sphygmomanometer today!