Scrubs · decorated in-house
Scrubs NZ clinics wear, embroidered in Auckland
We brand medical scrubs for clinics, dental and vet practices and private hospitals — practice logos on the chest, staff names and roles underneath, on scrub tops and full sets. Scrubs New Zealand practices actually order, decorated in Glenfield with no minimum, and couriered anywhere in the country.
Decorated in Glenfield, couriered to you — Mon–Fri 8:30am–5:30pm.
Before you ask
- What we do
- We decorate scrubs — we are a branding workshop, not a clothing manufacturer. Supply your own or we source the blanks.
- Methods
- Embroidery stitched in-house on our own machine, and heat transfers pressed in-house on our own press.
- Minimum order
- None. One scrub top is a real order, though a very small run carries a handling charge shown on your quote.
- Delivery
- Courier NZ-wide from Glenfield. Typically 5–21 working days from artwork approval.
Brands we decorate — garment brands we supply and decorate, not our clients
The range
Which scrubs suit the practice
Scrub apparel covers more ground than a catalogue makes it look, and most practices end up ordering two or three variants at once. What changes between them is the fabric and the cut, and both change how a logo goes on.
Scrub tops
The one most practices order first, and often the only one they brand. The scrub tops NZ wholesalers stock are usually a V-neck or mock-wrap in poly-cotton, and the chest pocket decides where a logo can sit more than anything else on this page.
Full scrub sets
Top and trousers in a matched colour. Usually only the top is decorated — a logo on the trouser leg reads oddly and adds cost for something nobody sees across a treatment room.
Stretch and performance scrubs
Four-way stretch poly-spandex, cut closer and much lighter than traditional poly-cotton. Comfortable on a long shift, and the fabric where a dense stitched fill has to be sized carefully.
Scrub jackets and warm-ups
The layer worn over the top in a cold consulting room or an early shift. A stable woven or knit panel with no pocket in the way, which makes it the easiest piece in the range to decorate.
Colour and role coding
Most ranges run deep — navy, teal, light blue, plum and pink scrubs among them — and larger practices use colour to tell roles apart at a glance. We match thread to the garment rather than the other way round.
Treated and antimicrobial scrubs
Some scrubs apparel is sold with an antimicrobial or fluid-barrier finish on the fabric. We decorate it the same way we decorate anything else, and the question of what that does to the finish is answered directly below.
One thing worth settling early: on most scrub tops the chest pocket sits exactly where a left-chest logo would go. A hoop needs a flat single layer to hold, and a pocket is two layers, a seam and usually a reinforcing stitch, so we place the mark above the pocket or on the opposite side rather than stitching through it. It is a small decision that changes how the finished garment looks, and it is much better made at quoting than after a hundred tops have arrived.
The second is the one we will not answer for you. Where a range is sold with an antimicrobial or fluid-barrier finish, we can tell you exactly what we do to the garment — a needle puts holes through the fabric, a heat press puts temperature and pressure on it — and we will not tell you what that does to the finish, in either direction. We have nothing in writing from the makers or a certifier to base it on. If the treatment is the reason you are buying that particular range, confirm the requirement against the garment specification before you order, and tell us, because it may change what we recommend. There is more on how the sector orders, and what else goes in the box, on our uniforms for clinics and practices page.
Decoration
What changes when you brand scrubs
Scrubs get washed hotter, and more often, than anything else we decorate. That single fact decides most of what follows.
The wash leads everything
Nursing scrubs in a busy practice can go through a hot cycle several times a week for years, and a lot of them are laundered commercially rather than at home. Stitching is thread through fabric, so it comes out of that cycle looking the same as it went in. It is the reason most of the scrubs we decorate are embroidered rather than pressed.
The pocket owns the left chest
The usual home for a logo is occupied on most scrub tops. We work above it or across to the other side, and on a mock-wrap top the overlap panel rules out part of the chest as well. Placement is settled at quoting and confirmed in writing before anything runs.
Names and roles are the common job
Most practice orders are a logo plus an individual name and role under it — Rebecca, Practice Nurse. Names are text rather than artwork, so adding somebody in March does not mean a new setup — the practice mark is already on record — though each name is its own decoration.
Embroidery is the default on this garment and the wash is why. A stitched practice logo on a poly-cotton scrub top survives commercial laundering for the life of the garment, does not lift at the edges, and looks the same on the fiftieth wash as the first. Staff names sit under it in the same thread.
Print earns its place where stitching is the wrong tool. On four-way stretch scrubs a large dense fill is more thread than a light stretch knit wants to carry, and for a multi-colour practice logo, a gradient or anything covering most of a panel, a transfer is the only sensible answer. We press every transfer here on our own heat press; the transfers themselves are printed for us by our transfer partner.
Two ways to start
Ready to get your practice scrubs branded?
Most quotes go back the same business day. There is no obligation and no minimum order.
Or call 021 082 12843 — Mon–Fri 8:30am–5:30pm.
What happens next
- 1. You send rough numbers and what the team does.
- 2. We come back with garment options and a price per garment, decoration included, usually the same business day.
- 3. Once you go ahead, we confirm logo size and placement in writing before anything is decorated.
How it works
How a scrubs order runs
Three steps, and nothing is decorated until you have approved a proof.
Step 1
Send the details
Your logo, roughly which scrubs you are after and how many. If you want staff names and roles, send the list — it does not have to be final.
Step 2
We quote it
Garment options and a price per garment with the decoration included, usually back the same business day. One number per scrub top, not a garment cost and a branding cost to add together.
Step 3
Proof, decorate, courier
You approve a digital proof and we confirm logo size and placement in writing, pocket included. Then the order is stitched or pressed here in Glenfield and couriered to you.
Embroidery carries a one-off setup if we have not already set your logo up at that size — that is the step where your artwork becomes machine instructions, and the exact stitch count and price are only known once it is done. One setup covers your garments at the same logo size, so scrub tops, jackets and trousers share it where the mark is the same size; a much larger back logo needs its own, because it is not just the same stitching enlarged. Staff names are a separate and much smaller job, because they are text rather than artwork — adding somebody mid-year does not mean setting the logo up again. Your logo stays yours, the stitch file we build from it is ours, and we keep it on record so a reorder of the same gear never pays setup again.
Who we brand scrubs for
Scrubs clothing turns up well outside the hospital ward, and the practices ordering it usually want the front-desk shirts to match.
Questions
Questions practices ordering scrubs ask
If yours is not here, ask when you request a quote and you will get a straight answer.
How much do scrubs cost in NZ?
Every job is quoted. The garment itself, the size of the logo, whether there are staff names underneath and how many you need all move the number, so ten branded tops for a dental practice and two hundred for a private hospital are different jobs. Medical scrubs NZ suppliers carry everything from a plain poly-cotton top to a four-way stretch set, and that spread is usually the biggest single variable in a quote. You get one price per garment with the decoration already in it, not a garment cost and a branding cost to add together. Send the logo and rough numbers and the quote usually comes back the same business day.
Is there a minimum order?
No. One scrub top or three hundred. Larger runs price better per unit because the setup is spread further, but there is no minimum quantity and no obligation to reorder. A very small order does carry a handling charge, for the same reason the per-unit price moves: setting the machine up and running it takes much the same work for one garment as for fifty. The charge is on your quote before you commit to anything.
Will embroidery survive a hot industrial wash?
Yes, and it is the main reason we recommend it on this garment. Stitching is thread pulled through fabric rather than a finish sitting on top of it, so there is no edge to lift and nothing to crack when a tunic goes through a commercial cycle several times a week. We use polyester thread, which holds its colour through hot washing better than rayon does. If your scrubs are laundered by a contractor rather than at home, say so when you ask for a quote — it does not usually change the method, but it does change what we recommend for large or multi-colour artwork.
Can you put staff names and roles on them?
Yes, and on practice orders it is more common than not. The usual layout is the practice logo on the chest with a name and role stitched underneath in a smaller size — a nurse uniform reading Rebecca, Practice Nurse rather than just the clinic mark. Nurse scrubs are the most common garment for it, though we do the same on jackets and front-desk polos. Names are text rather than artwork, so they are a much smaller job than the logo setup and adding somebody part-way through the year is straightforward — the practice mark is already on record. Send the list with the order and we stitch each garment individually.
Will decorating antimicrobial scrubs affect the treatment?
We do not know, and we will not tell you either way. Some ranges are sold with an antimicrobial or fluid-barrier finish on the fabric, and decorating a garment does put holes through it or heat onto it — but we have nothing in writing from the makers or a certifier about what that does to the finish, so any answer from us would be a guess dressed up as a fact. What we can tell you is exactly what we do to the garment. If the treatment is why you are buying that range, check the requirement against the garment specification before you order and let us know, because it may change what we recommend.
Where can the logo go on a scrub top?
Usually above the chest pocket or on the opposite side, and the pocket is the reason. Embroidery needs a flat single layer of fabric to hold in a hoop, and a pocket is two layers with a seam and reinforced corners, so stitching across it distorts both the logo and the pocket. On a mock-wrap top the overlap panel rules out part of the chest as well. A back-of-shoulder mark is an option where a practice wants the name readable from behind. We confirm the placement in writing with a proof before anything runs.
Can I supply my own scrubs?
Yes. Send us your own stock and we will decorate it, or we source the blanks and decorate them in one go. If you are supplying, send one spare where you can — fabric weight and how much a stretch knit gives both change how a design has to be set up, and that is much better found out on a spare than on your whole run. It matters more on scrub clothing than on most garments, because the stretch ranges and the traditional poly-cotton ones behave quite differently when they are stitched.
Can I come in and pick them up?
No. We are a service-area business — the workshop is in Glenfield and there is no counter, so there are no walk-ins and nothing is collected in person. Orders start with a message or a phone call, artwork comes over email, and the finished scrubs are couriered to you anywhere in the country, Auckland included.
Send us the logo and the staff list
Usually same-business-day replies, Mon–Fri. One scrub top is a real order.