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,...
Founder Favorites: Lab Coat Embroidery Colors for Women
How many items of clothing bear your name? Unless you’re really vain or your mother is still labeling everything from your shoes to your underwear, my guess would be very few of your garments proudly state your identity. But – your lab coat should be one of them. At Medelita, we’re passionate about perfection, from...
Honoring a Pioneer: William Osler, M.D.
“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.” These words were spoken by William Osler, M.D., a pathologist, physician, educator, bibliophile, historian, author, practical joker – and the subject of today’s post. William Osler, M.D. was born in Ontario, Canada in 1849. He received his M.D. degree...
5 Laundry Care Tips for Long-Lasting Scrubs
We want you to look your best. That’s our bottom line. We know Medelita customers/colleagues care about their professional appearance, and the resultant impact to patients and colleagues of a polished, clean first impression. Finding Medelita scrubs is highly welcomed by the millions of medical, dental and veterinary professionals that are used to wearing boxy,...
Military Discounts
Soldiers must take pride in their appearance at all times, in or out of uniform, on and off duty. A vital ingredient of the Army’s strength and military effectiveness is the pride and self discipline that American soldiers bring to their Service through a conservative military image. These words, issued by the United States Army...
5 Tips for Choosing a Women’s Lab Coat
If you’re purchasing a Medelita lab coat for the first time, you may feel overwhelmed by the choices available to you. After all, having a choice at all is a revolutionary concept for medical apparel. While all of our styles look great on any figure, we want you to look and feel perfect. Here are...
Honoring a Pioneer: Lucy Hobbs Taylor, DDS
Today I’m going to talk about “the woman who pulls teeth.” My favorite blogs to write are the ones in our ‘Honoring a Pioneer’ series. As an avid history buff, I find myself excited whenever I’m given the opportunity to research and write about the lives of historical figures – and Lucy Hobbs Taylor is...
Side Slits in Lab Coats
Most of our longer lab coats feature traditional side slits, or side vents, and recently I wondered why. From a historical standpoint, double side slits made their first appearance in British tailored suit jackets. In a suit jacket, these vents take the form of flap-like slits in the back bottom of the jacket. Originally, these...
The Medelita Difference
We are grateful to work each day to improve the lives of deserving, accomplished, and professional individuals, and we give every Medelita customer the highest degree of effort and attention. What makes it truly worth it for the Medelita Team are the continual, unsolicited affirmations that we do make a difference. I’m proud to be...
Sanita Clogs: Completing the Look
We are proud to offer our customers and colleagues the very best in quality and craftsmanship, not just in our own garments but in every product we sell. We originally chose to offer clogs because we wanted to provide a way to complete the professional look – wearing Medelita scrubs or a lab coat with...
The Origin of Scrubs
We know that lab coats were adopted from scientists, but what is the origin of scrubs? In the early 1900s, surgical procedures occurred in an operating theater – an amphitheatre with tiered seating that allowed people to watch doctors perform surgery. Unlike the white, formal uniforms long required of nurses, surgeons wore their own clothes...
