Top 4 Lab Coats For Men
This season’s best lab coats for men represent a vast improvement over most of the lab coats available on the market today. Gone are the days of flimsy, ill-fitting coats with abrasive fabric that stains easily. The next generation of lab coats are now here to stay, featuring impeccably hand-sewn seams and superior quality fabric...
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,...
Honoring a Pioneer: Pierre Fauchard
“Sugar is detrimental to both gums and teeth. We should limit it in our daily foods.” It seems like common sense now, but in 1728, it was a revolutionary statement. The man credited with first recognizing that sugar was anything but sweet on teeth was Pierre Fauchard, known as “the father of modern dentistry.” Born...
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...
Experience-Inspired Design in Lab Coats and Medical Scrubs
It was the silence that eventually woke me. A sense, even in sleep, that something was missing . . . something wasn’t quite right. There was a moment after my eyes opened, still heavy with the haze of sleep, where I simply stared at the alarm clock and wondered why it was displaying the wrong...
The Button Theory
Many of us at Medelita are fans of Patagonia. Let My People Go Surfing, by Patagonia Founder, Yvon Chouinard, has served as an inspiration for some of our Medelita policies. The following excerpt is a prime example: Let’s take a close look at a loose button and the consequences depending on who happens to discover...
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...
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,...
Lab Coats Score "10" at Yankee Dental Conference
The team is returning from a cross-country trip to Boston, from the annual Yankee Dental Conference. One of our biggest and most exciting shows of the year. Also a perplexing time of year to draw guests to the Northeast. Wool coats, gloves, scarves, wool hats . . . not top of closet items for those...
iPad In Your Lab Coat Pocket?
So many of you already have one. Can’t live without it. Carry it at all times. Use it on the job. Use it socially. And as your emails clearly state . . . would like to figure out a way to carry it in your lab coat pocket. Hmm. We planned for just about everything...
