Provide Lab Coats and Scrubs Through HandCraft
Lab coats and scrubs provided through a professional healthcare apparel service like HandCraft simplify and improve the day-to-day for hospitals and medical clinics. Relative to facilities that use in-house laundering facilities or require workers to manage their own uniforms, healthcare apparel service has many advantages.
Benefits of Providing Lab Coats and Scrubs Through a Healthcare Apparel Provider
For most healthcare facilities utilizing in-house COG laundry or relying on workers for apparel, healthcare apparel service is a huge step up. Here’s what it comes with:
Higher-Quality Apparel
When you switch to a healthcare apparel provider, the quality of lab coats and scrubs improves. Workers are more comfortable with the texture and fit of lab coats and scrubs provided by a service.
Consistent Appearance
For a more consistent appearance among workers, there’s no better option than partnering with a healthcare provider. This creates a neater appearance for the facility as a whole and bolsters branding and community.
Less Laundering
Healthcare apparel providers launder the lab coats and scrubs off-site. Not only does this free a facility’s space and resources to focus on other tasks, it lowers the risk of cross-contamination substantially.
Improved Morale
Giving employees one less thing for workers to worry about in their personal lives can be very impactful on their job satisfaction overall. This small convenience can have a big impact on worker morale, as they feel supported by the facility.
Reliable Clean
When lab coats and scrubs are provided by a service, workers can be confident that they will be clean and ready to wear each day. This is a big improvement over in-house laundering, which can often be unreliable and subject to human error or overwhelming volume.
Why Healthcare Apparel Service Beats Other Uniform Care Methods
For healthcare facilities that have tried apparel service, the advantages it has over more traditional methods are clear on the first delivery. Here’s what it does better than:
On-Site Laundry
Managing healthcare lab coats and scrubs through HandCraft is much easier than managing lab coats and scrubs in-house. Laundering apparel in-house takes up valuable resources like space and time that could be used for other tasks. Additionally, if the laundering facility isn’t built to mitigate cross-contamination, or if its workers aren’t properly trained, many problems can arise.
Employee Self-Management
When lab coats and scrubs are left to the employees, there is often inconsistency in quality and cleanliness. This can be a big problem for hospitals and clinics that rely on a professional appearance to build trust with patients. Additionally, when lab coats and scrubs are employee-managed, it’s up to the employees to replace them when they wear out – leading to even more inconsistency.
Outsourced Laundry Services
Like on-site laundry, outsourcing lab coat and scrub laundering to a third party can be very resource intensive. Not only does it require coordinating with another organization that may or may not be built to manage medical items, it also means you’re still footing the bill for purchasing the apparel. As a result, whatever savings are made by outsourcing the laundering processes is mitigated by the costs of owning those items.
Where to Find Professionally Managed Lab Coats and Scrubs
To ensure your facility always has comfortable and clean lab coats and scrubs available, getting them through an experienced healthcare apparel provider is ideal. HandCraft will take on all the hassle and expense of lab coat and scrub management, so you can focus on more important tasks.
We service medical facilities throughout Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington D.C.
Contact HandCraft for Professional Healthcare Apparel Service
Whether your facility could use a stable supply of always-clean lab coats or scrubs or if it just wants to simplify daily procedures, HandCraft has solutions tailored to your needs. Contact us today at (888) 358-8671 or leave your contact information here and a representative will be in touch shortly!
