Lab Coats for a Cause: Healing the Children
Our Founder, Lara Manchik, PA-C, has a history of medical missionary work and has instilled the value of contribution and charity into who we are as a company. Recently, we discovered that a customer, Jane Petro, MD, was involved in a non-profit volunteer organization, Healing the Children. Dr. Petro works with Healing the Children Northeast,...
iPad Pockets in Medelita Lab Coats
Medelita introduces new lightweight reinforced fabric to accomodate iPad Pockets in its premium line of lab coats.You spoke, and we listened. As the use of iPads in the medical industry has increased, so have the requests we receive from customers for iPad accessible pockets in our lab coats. In addition to making the paperwork easier,...
Why White?
Did you know that lab coats were originally beige? Prior to the adoption of lab coats in the medical profession, beige lab coats were generally worn by scientists. In the late 19th century, doctors adapted the tradition to symbolize a scientific approach to medicine. However, they changed the color from beige to white. Historically, clerics...
A $30 Suit
Imagine for a moment that you’re facing an important court case, and your attorney arrives in a $30 suit. Would you feel it didn’t matter, or would your confidence in that attorney be shattered, if only a little? While the dollar amount is just an example, the quality of a garment has a huge impact...
Cleaning Your Lab Coat The Eco-Friendly Way
We recently had a customer ask if she could clean her Medelita lab coat with natural soap, vinegar, or orange oil. As we, as a society, become increasingly more aware of our carbon footprints and chemical toxicity, a desire for eco-friendly options is rising – so I wanted to take a moment to address this...
Win a Free Lab Coat
Part of my job here at Medelita is to interact with our customers on Facebook, and it’s a very enjoyable part of my day. Through these social media outlets, we can engage our customers directly and place their needs at the forefront of our growth. It’s a privilege to be involved with such a community...
Effort vs. Expectation
When talking in terms of companies or employees, we often label people as ‘hard workers’. I’ve been thinking quite a lot lately about the role that effort plays within the context of work. It’s undeniably the most important piece of the puzzle – afterall, without effort, everything else becomes irrelevant. But is effort alone enough...
The Perfect Father’s Day Gift
I think men got the short end of the gift stick. I find it incredibly easy to buy gifts for other women, whether friends or family, but when it comes to men, it’s a lot harder. Women can appreciate non-essential things…flowers, candles, soaps, anything even remotely pretty, no matter how useless it might actually be....
The Secret Male Demand for Quality
At Medelita, we have separate private single-stall bathrooms for men and women (No, I’m not entering a contest for strangest blog intro, I swear). I recently saw a male coworker leaving the women’s bathroom, and I had to laugh because the men’s bathroom was empty and less than five feet away. “It’s nicer!,” he said...
Honoring a Pioneer: René Laennec
Inspiration comes in all forms. Here at Medelita, we’re inspired by historical pioneers, and we often name our lab coats after notable medical figures. Our mid-length 100% cotton Laennec men’s lab coat marks a long awaited upgrade to the ubiquitous physician lab coat, and it is named after a man who changed the face (and...
Medelita at the CDA Conference in Anaheim
Our Medelita conference team is just returning from the California Dental Association convention, The Art and Science of Dentistry, in Anaheim. Our only local conference of the year (as we are based in San Clemente, CA) The CDA Presents event was only a short car ride away. This week we are still basking in the...
Re-defining the Value of the Lab Coat
Towards the end of the 19th century, physicians began to set aside the leeches in favor of a more scientific approach that would become the foundation of our modern medicine. To honor this transition, medical professionals adopted the most recognizable symbol of a scientist: the white lab coat. The lab coat has, over the years,...
