The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 No 7466 p208
25 August 2007

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Pharmacist attire

People do judge by appearances

From Mrs S. P. Insole, MRPharmS

Manners maketh the man (or woman) and appearances go a long way to endorsing that. I gave up wearing a white coat long ago, deciding that neither did my clothes need protecting from anything I am doing in the pharmacy nor indeed is there anything which needs protecting from my clothes. If pharmacists still prefer to wear a white coat to work in, fine, but it must be white, not grey or yellow with age, and clean.

People do judge by appearances. We, our pharmacies, and our staff should be neat, clean and efficient looking as will best reflect how the business is being run. Sloppy and grubby shops or staff smack of sloppy and grubby work, which is not acceptable in our profession.

Sarah Insole
Bristol

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