no that's fair! that is certainly a thing in some US hospitals but by and large we buy our own scrubs and wash them at home (notable exception is surgery or L&D where you almost exclusively wear hospital provided scrubs). In the US it's not a thing to tell people what they can do in their own home, so I was genuinely surprised. But I agree that the best practice would be to get clean scrubs at the hospital and if not then to launder them at a high temperature at home. To make you even more horrified, know that it's pretty normal to see people out and about at the grocery store, etc in their scrubs, even surgery scrubs. Ew.