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icapybara: So they can see spills easily

zabzonk: When I worked in the NHS, our coats were from from white because we used to write on them, in magic marker, things like specimen numbers, doctors and nurses names, phone numbers etc. that we had to deal with queries about. I was always impressed that the laundry managed to get them pristine white again.Of course this was just sloppy men - female techs carried useful things like notebooks (paper) and biros.

manarth: > "our coats were white because we used to write on them" It's hard to tell whether this is a deliberately trolling statement, a fantastical Walter Mitty style statement, or something else.Coats weren't white for anyone to write on, and clinical staff didn't routinely write on their clothes.

zabzonk: > Coats weren't white for anyone to write on, and clinical staff didn't routinely write on their clothes.I wasn't a medic, I was a microbiologist. And I can assure you we did write all over them.

manarth: > "I can assure you we did write all over them" You and your colleagues deliberately chose to carry a magic-marker (and no paper), in order to deliberately write on your clothes, rather than the more simple expedient of paper and pen/pencil?This seems irrational, inexpedient, and inappropriate for anyone delivering any aspect of medical care.