You may not know this but the title of the television show "Scrubs" has more than one meaning. The first meaning relates to the competency of the hospital staff who appear on the show. If you were to walk into a hospital you may not want some of the characters on the show to tend to you. Their low level of competency makes the characters "Scrubs."
Another meaning of the word "
Scrubs" comes from the
medical uniforms worn by the hospital staff. Those uniforms are affectionately referred to as "Scrubs" by most people in the medical profession.
There are a number of different types of scrubs that doctors and nurses wear. There are
Cross Over Scrub Sets,
Print Scrub Tops,
Solid Scrub Tops and
Solid Scrub Bottoms,
Elastic Scrub Pants; and the list goes on. Instead of describing the different types of scrubs you can view them at
Scribbidy Scrubs.