Custom Scrub Caps, Made In The UK
Reusable, personalised and made to order for the people wearing them.
Every cap ships with its own Digital Passport — wash logging, lifespan tracking and CO₂ saved vs disposables.
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Best for:
Surgical Environments
What we are built from. We have the widest range of styles and sizes.
Key features:
10 Styles, XS to 2XL Sizing, Satin lining, ID Bands, RFID, Smart Buttons, Colour In, Glow In The Dark, Hemp and more.
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Best for:
Bovine Units, Labs
Reusable shoe covers you can customise on with grip at the bottom and one size for all shoes.
Key features:
Custom Top Colours and no MOQ.
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Best for:
Business Cases
For hopsitals and larger teams looking to build the case for reusables.
Key features:
Scope 1,2,3 carbon costed reusable scrub caps vs the disposable SMS fabric ones.
Input Your Own Numbers
Best for:
Teams to whole hospitals
Flexible bulk buying for teams to whole hospitals with our own bulk ordering system to lighten the admin load.
Key features:
LCA and carbon costed, implementation already in a range of environment.
Bulk Buying Journey
Best for:
Logos, Text, Branding
Probably what we are most known for as we do all design, embroidery and customisation in house, delivering superior quality.
Key features:
10 million vinyl designs, Embroidery for long lasting logos, combine with text.
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Best for:
NHS and Bigger Teams
This has many benefits of increased team morale, lower communication errors and misidentification.
Key features:
Embroidery, Vinyl, Printed on and charge per placement, not per letter.
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Best for:
Unique Scrub Caps And Bulk Savings
Stand out with your own style of scrub caps form printed fabric. These can then be cut to mix and match styles
Key features:
More cost effective then multiple embroidery placements
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Best for:
Those That Love Exlcusive
We design our own styles inspired from popular shows and puns form the operating room and bring them to you at the same price as other licensed prints, win, win.
Key features:
Adjustable fit, Full coverage, Easy to put on
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Best for:
Marketing Events And Welcome Packs
More people want to leverage greener surgery and promotion at events which makes a reusable scrub cap perfect.
Key features:
no MOQ, customised to suit you, inclusive designs.
Marketing Use Case
Best for:
No Regrets
We offer sample boxes on a deposit scheme so you can try on before you buy and get the perfect size no matter the print.
Key features:
Refundable Box, Free UK Return Shipping included.
Build A Sample Box
Best for:
Making it unique
Make your scrub caps unique with multple ways to customise for the outcome you want.
Key features:
Embroidery, Vinyl, RFID, NFC buttons, Mullet Cap, Reversible, custom printed, ID Bands...
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Best for:
Completeing the look
Laundry bags or even just prints for your wall.
Key features:
Laundry Bags, NFC Buttons, premium wrapping for gifts.
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Patient safety
Patient Safety & Team Communication
Communication failures occur in 30% of operating theatre exchanges. 90% of these failures negatively impact the case.
The hidden risk of anonymity in theatre
30%
of OR communications are failures
Lingard et al. 2004
44%
of staff correctly named by surgery attendings
Birnbach et al. 2017
33%
of nurses rarely recognize attending physicians
Karlsberg & Pierce 2014
The solution: Named caps
Before
42%
After
85%
Name recall after implementing labeled caps
#TheatreCapChallenge
Before
34%
After
14%
Patient care errors from misidentification (59% reduction)
Agarwal et al. 2023
Stanford study: Odds of being called by name increased 13x with labeled caps; 80% reported improved teamwork
n ≈ 1,000
Systematic review: Labeled caps reduced misidentification errors by 65-78% across included studies
Systematic review
Our patients tell us that they really like knowing our names, it makes them feel more comfortable during what can be a really stressful time for them.
Kate Rossiter
Theatre Manager, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Trust
Sustainability
Environmental Impact
The NHS uses approximately 2.4 million single-use caps in Scotland alone annually. Each takes up to 300 years to decompose.
Disposable bouffant
49
kg CO₂e
vs
Reusable cotton
10
kg CO₂e
79%
lower carbon footprint over lifecycle
61%
mean carbon reduction switching to reusables
Meta-analysis, Keil et al. 2023
93%
reduction in solid waste
Lifecycle assessment
16-19
uses needed to break even on carbon
Plymouth NHS Trust pilot
Single operations generate 150-170 kg CO₂e (equivalent to driving 720 km)
Dal Mas et al. 2024
Each reusable cap replaces 200-250 disposables annually, preventing 2.5kg plastic waste per staff member
Dal Mas et al. 2024
NHS sustainability context
Operating theatres account for 4-5% of total healthcare carbon emissions
Single-use items contribute 68% of surgical carbon emissions
NHS Net Zero target: 2040 for direct emissions
Switching to reusables could achieve 32% carbon reduction
Research evidence
Infection Control Evidence
Are reusable scrub caps as safe as disposables? The research is clear.
45,708
surgical cases analysed
Meta-analysis found no significant difference in SSI rates between reusable and disposable headwear (OR: 0.79; 95% CI: 0.59–1.07)
Gumera et al.
Largest meta-analysis to date: 9 studies with 45,708 cases found no significant SSI difference
45,708 cases
Markel et al.
Cloth skull caps shed fewer particles and microbes than disposable bouffants
45,708 cases
CDC/HICPAC
Evidence-based SSI prevention guideline does not specify disposable headwear
2017
ACS Joint Statement
No evidence that headwear type affects SSI; bouffants least effective for particle containment
2018
The commonly used disposable bouffant is the least effective for particle containment
— American College of Surgeons Joint Statement, 2018
