Short answer. Yes. Softens the hand and removes residual dye that could mark a white undershirt. New medical scrubs are not a sealed sterile pack — they are clothing.
Do it cold
You are not sterilizing in a home machine by using hot. You are setting wrinkles and shrinking hems.
Then hang
Start the job with a set that already looks like it has a home.
Shop medical scrubs at Yireh
The Classic V-Neck set ($86), The Zip-Front Jumpsuit ($98), and The Fashion Flare set ($86) are built as medical scrubs — nine colors, real pockets, a cut you will still wear at hour ten. Wash, then wear.











