I was at a dinner once with several medical residents and they mentioned that at one hospital, the surgical scrubs were color coded by size. This meant that ev

I was at a dinner once with several medical residents and they mentioned that at one hospital, the surgical scrubs were color coded by size. This meant that everyone knew which female residents were a larger size and which male residents were a smaller size. Everyone knew this which just added a distraction to an already information overloaded profession. In a profession where the goal is identifying the people with top competencies, it never made sense to me who signed off on ordering that particular type of scrubs. I would have thought everyone should wear the same color or at least have the colors indicate something useful e.g. speciality.