S2E1 Twice as Nice: Must haves for the Infection Control Coordinator

In this episode of the Level of Infection Prevention Podcast, our guest is Debora Carrier. She is the Founder and CEO of Twice as Nice Uniforms, a company that creates stylish scrubs with a performance liner that regulates your body temperature, wicks moisture, and is antimicrobial. For the last five years, Debora has been dedicated to developing the best temperature regulating, moisture-wicking, antimicrobial uniforms. Today, she talks with us about how she started her company and the importance of comfort, style, and protection in medical garments.

Starting her Business

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Debora has been a hygienist for over 40 years. She started her uniform company Twice as Nice Uniforms in 2015 because of spending too much time battling the thermostat with the dental assistant. She learned that the thermostat is one of the main conflicts in the dental office between the employees. Debora then started her journey to resolving that issue to get more comfort in her office. Another problem she saw was that people were not wearing their PPE’s because of the heat. So that appalled her to her uniform journey.

Building Twice as Nice

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As Debora started her journey into the uniform business, she changed everything she did not like about uniforms. She made her products nicer fabrics, more fitted, stylish, and comfortable. She found that there wasn’t a uniform company that focused on the needs in dentistry, so she made a dental jacket that made sense to all dental practitioners.

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What started out as making herself comfortable turned into making everybody comfortable, professional, and safe. And because of COVID-19, safety became the main priority in Debora’s products.

Dressing Professionally and Comfortably

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If you’re dressed comfortably, safely, and you look good, you will perform way better at work. When we look good, we feel good. So everybody reaps the benefits of Twice as Nice.

Disinfecting the Gowns

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When you’re finished with your patient, when you’re wiping down your room, you can just wipe down your gown with whatever it is that you want. Many of Debora’s customers would wipe down their gown in-between patients and change it at lunchtime, and then it goes to be laundered. The beauty of wiping it down is an excellent alternative to changing it out every after every patient.

Signature Products

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Debora’s products are 100% made in the USA. One of her signature products is their surgical caps. What makes it unique is that it has buttons and can attach a mask. But if you constantly autoclave it, it will break down the thread holding that button.

The fabric used by Twice as Nice

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With the fabric of every product, they have a liner that regulates the temperature. The gowns have sleeves that were explicitly made for practitioners who had tattoos. And because they’re made out of a temperature regulating fabric, people liked the product and its protection.

The Comfort Shield

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The comfort shield was designed to be super lightweight, and it clips right into your loops, glasses, and even on your scrub cap. It is so light and clear that many of Debora’s customers don’t realize that they still have their comfort shield on.

Protection against Radiation

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One of Debora’s products has radiation protection that was thought of by Dr. Kwane Watson from a mobile dentistry practice in Kentucky. Debora and Dr. Kwane wanted to make a vest with a fabric that protected the wearer from radiation. They made it lightweight and with temperature regulation and can also be worn by the patient as a better fitting “lead apron”. Though not everyone in a clinic needs one, it is handy, especially if a practitioner constantly needs to be in the X-Ray room.

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The process of traditional X-Rays is long, and the process for one X-Ray to develop would take long enough. But with digital, X-Rays can be done multiple times until the perfect result is achieved. But with the constant radiation, the protection of Twice as Nice’s products is essential.

Other Products

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Twice as Nice also has patient bibs in 2 sizes. These bibs are made where you don’t have to use the boom clip and do all the other hassle stuff and actually act as a bib!. It is basically a piece of paper that adheres to the patient’s clothing and lays flat. The bibs have an activation process when you open them up, and it makes this adhesive so it sticks to a patient’s clothing.

Learn more about Debora Carrier and Twice as Nice Uniforms:

Website: https://twiceasniceuniforms.com/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/twiceasniceuniforms

Twitter: http://twitter.com/twiceasniceunis

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deboracarrier