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In most of the world, most healthcare workers launder their own scrubs and uniforms at home. I used to have a specific washing machine for it because I hated putting forgets uniforms with patient bodily fluids in my normal washing machine.

Things like scrubs exchange machines and central laundries washing staff gear is rare even in hospitals in the developed world.

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I was a bit surprised by that when I first learned that from a healthcare worker, but it's true.

I think this should be taken care of by the employer.

If you mean from the perspective of having to do it/pay for it, you can claim I think it's £6/week for it in the UK if you don't have the option of getting it done at work (but hospitals in general do I believe).

So should sane work hours and good pay but here we are.

After watching The Pitt, they have a mini-plot line around the scrubs exchange machine like it's a normal thing. It was the first I had ever seen one, but I don't work in the medical industry. It felt like something used just to allow for the script to work.

After seeing that machine, the only way I could make sense of that machine being used is a corrupt hospital exec buying it from their cousin’s company or something.

They're probably more common in large hospital systems, especially in the OR or ER departments where scrubs are more likely to get contaminated. And where lawyers are afraid of liability.

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