UniFirst Debuts New Line of Healthcare Scrubs
UniFirst Corp., Wilmington, MA, recently introduced a line of healthcare garments to its core uniform service offerings: WonderWink INDY™ scrubs. Provided in partnership with Fashion Seal Healthcare®, a division of the Superior Group of Companies Inc., this workwear solution combines the top features and benefits of the popular WonderWink® retail line of scrubs with innovative fabrics engineered to withstand the hygienic laundering process utilized with UniFirst healthcare uniform service programs, according to a news release.
With the addition of the WonderWink INDYTM line to UniFirst’s managed uniform service programs, healthcare workers now have access to everything they love about WonderWink’s retail scrub apparel plus the added benefits of weekly hygienic laundering and convenient pickup, maintenance and delivery services.
“All of us at UniFirst are really excited about providing these innovative scrubs to the healthcare market through our uniform rental programs,” said Adam Soreff, UniFirst director of marketing and communications. “In fact, we’ve received glowing reviews from tenured healthcare workers who have test worn the new INDY line, and overwhelmingly, they couldn’t believe that scrubs that were this comfortable were durable enough for industrial laundering.”
The excitement surrounding this new product addition is echoed by Fashion Seal Healthcare Vice President Dan Schwartz. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with UniFirst,” Schwartz said. “This impressive, first-of-its-kind addition to their core product offering combines 100 years of healthcare apparel experience and the popular WonderWink® retail scrub brand that millions of healthcare professionals choose to wear to work every day.”
Though the style, comfort and on-the-job performance of the WonderWink INDYTM line are certainly high priorities for wearers, of particular interest from an industry standpoint is the manufacturing that allows these scrubs to withstand the rigors of professional hygienic laundering. This attribute has become especially important today, as frontline healthcare workers continue to battle the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is because of these advancements that UniFirst is now able to offer the WonderWink® brand name in its managed uniform service programs.
This healthcare workwear addition could not have come at a better time, as recent safety recommendations issued by the American Dental Association (ADA) suggested that medical practices consider “contracting with a laundry service [for the cleaning of soiled scrubs and worn medical apparel].” Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines also back this suggestion, stating that “healthcare professionals should change from scrubs to personal clothing before returning home after working to help prevent infection,” and that “scrubs should be washed on-site at the office or laundered by a service of their choosing.”
To further drive the point home, a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control states that, “significantly higher bacteria counts were isolated from home-laundered scrubs and unwashed scrubs than from new, hospital (industrially) laundered, and disposable scrubs.”
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