| Like most people I have always been under the | | | | two pockets, no stain protection and very little |
| impression that there is no difference between | | | | breathability. If you can live with it then go ahead, |
| one doctors lab coat and another. Lab coats are | | | | you just won’t be very comfortable with it. |
| just lab coats, right? Just cloth with pockets for | | | | Also, they probably aren’t going to last that |
| prescription pads, correct? | | | | long so you’ll have to buy a new one fairly |
| Ask any doctor and they will laugh at this. I | | | | soon. |
| actually know this because one of my friends | | | | According to my friend good lab coats all have a |
| who is a pediatrician did this when I asked her | | | | few things in common. First of all, the fabric |
| why she would spend $150 on a lab coat. How | | | | needs to be breathable. 100% cotton lab coats |
| was I supposed to know? But I guess the old rule | | | | seem to be the way to go since they not only |
| applies here: you get what you pay for. You can | | | | breathe but also are more durable, comfortable, |
| spend less on a lab coat, but if you spend all day | | | | and look better longer. While most people might |
| in it, you wouldn’t want to. | | | | not think about it, the way a lab coat fits is also |
| She put it to me this way: say you’re a | | | | very important. A properly fitted coat disperses |
| lawyer who has to spend most of his or her day | | | | the weight of the garment and its contents (i.e. |
| driving from city to city for court appearances. | | | | what’s in the pockets) over the entire |
| You spend, say, four hours a day on the road | | | | shoulders and not just the back of the neck. This |
| driving your car. When it comes time to purchase | | | | obviously makes the lab coat more comfortable. |
| a new car that you’re going to spend all that | | | | My friend also stated that a quality doctors lab |
| time in, are you going to buy the cheap car with | | | | coat should have at least four pockets, have soil |
| uncomfortable seats or a more expensive one | | | | and stain treatment and should give its wearer a |
| that has designer seats which won’t hurt | | | | full range of motion without compromising |
| your back day after day? Chances are if you | | | | protection. Finally, lab coats have to have a certain |
| have the money you’re going to spend a little | | | | style. Since it will be one of the first impressions |
| extra of it on the car that you’ll be the most | | | | you make to your patients, you want them to |
| comfortable in. | | | | look good and give them off a certain |
| And like a car, differently priced lab coats have | | | | professional feel. All of these make a good lab |
| different features and comfort levels. A basic lab | | | | coat, and it’s a lot more important than you |
| coat will essentially give you a coat with one or | | | | might think. |