Bored with your old Labcoat? Tired of lugging around that iPad or Tablet during rounding? Well I had a chat with the tailor who supplies labcoats to my hospital’s staff and she was most willing to come up with a custom Labcoat according to my specs which would satisfy any gadget crazy doctor. Check out my new eLabcoat!:
Looks like an ordinary labcoat right? Upper pocket holds your torch and pens nicely and two conventional looking lower front and left pockets. But it’s not all that it appears to be.
There are two upper inside pockets which can fit smartphones or devices like an iPod Touch. Handy if you have say more than one phone to carry around or if you already have a phone but need to carry an iPod Touch for those iOS medical apps. The pockets could also store battery packs or bluetooth headsets.
There are also two large inner pockets at the bottom if you want to carry around an iPad. It will also easily fit any 10″ tablet e.g. HP Touchpad or Samsung Galaxy 10 Tab. The labcoat has an inner extra layer of cloth in the front so the stitching will not show on the outside. I am quite pleased that there are no bulges so one is not noticeably carrying a tablet in the labcoat though it is a tad heavier but one gets used to it. I’d take this any day rather than having to carry around a tablet in my hands especially when rounding.
Even the front bottom pockets have extra inner pockets for you to put stuff like extra pens or even IV cannulae!
Specs
Material: synthetic/cotton mix
Total number of pockets: 9
Cost: about USD 25 (hey, this is Asia)
Is this for sale? No, not from me. I am not going into the eLabcoat business but I have suggested to the tailor that her company consider Internet orders.
If you are looking for iPad compatible labcoats or medical scrubs, you can check out Medical Scrubs Mall