Size Guide

Last updated: November 14, 2026

This guide helps you choose a size for Scrub Ink tees, long sleeve tees, crewneck sweatshirts, hoodies and the quarter-zip pullover. It is a “how to choose” guide. Garment measurements are being confirmed, so you will not find a chart of numbers here yet. What you will find is a reliable method: measure a garment you already own and like, understand how a unisex cut differs from what you may be used to, and decide between two sizes with a clear rule. If you would like help, email support@scrubink.shop.

1. The sizes we carry

Every piece of apparel in the shop comes in the same eight adult sizes. The label you select on the product page is the label on the garment. We do not carry youth sizes, and there is no separate women’s or men’s range.

The add-on is applied when you select the size, so the price on the product page changes in front of you. It is the only price difference between sizes. Colour does not change the price, and neither does the text on a personalised item.

2. What unisex means for your size

A unisex garment is cut straight. The shoulders are set wider and the body falls in a straight line from chest to hem, with no shaping at the waist. Sleeves are cut fuller and a little longer than on a women’s cut of the same letter size. Nothing about that is unusual, but it does mean your usual letter may not land the way you expect.

If you usually buy women’s sizes

Many women size down in unisex crewnecks. A women’s M often finds a unisex S closer to what she expected, with the shoulder seam on the shoulder and the hem at the hip. If you take your usual letter, expect more room through the shoulders and body and a longer sleeve.

Some people want exactly that. A crewneck or hoodie worn as a top layer over a long sleeve on a cold unit is often chosen a size up on purpose, so it slides on and off without a fight at the start and end of a 12. If that is the plan, stay at your usual letter or go one up. Both are right. They are just different answers to “how do I want this to sit?”

If you usually buy men’s sizes

Unisex sizing sits close to standard men’s sizing. Your usual letter is the sensible starting point. Then confirm it with the garment check in the next section, because your favourite tee is a better witness than a label.

If you are between sizes

Use one rule. For a closer fit, take the smaller of the two. For layering, or if you dislike anything snug across the shoulders when you reach overhead, take the larger. Decide which matters more to you before you look at the size list, and the choice makes itself.

3. How to measure a garment that fits

The most dependable way to pick a size online is to measure something you already own. Body measurements tell you about you. A garment you like tells you about the fit you like. Choose a piece of the same type: a tee for a tee, a sweatshirt for a crewneck or hoodie.

1. Pick the right reference. Use the one you reach for first on a day off, not the one that shrank or the one you tolerate. If it is a unisex or men’s cut, even better.
2. Lay it flat. Put it face up on a table or a made bed, buttons or zip closed, and smooth it without stretching.
3. Measure the chest width. Run a tape straight across from one side seam to the other, just below the armholes. This single number does most of the work.
4. Measure the body length. From the highest point of the shoulder, where the shoulder seam meets the collar, straight down to the bottom hem.
5. Measure the sleeve. From the shoulder seam down the outside of the sleeve to the end of the cuff. For a long sleeve, check where that cuff sits on your wrist when you wear it.
6. Write the three numbers down along with the size on its label and whether it is a women’s, men’s or unisex cut.

A soft tape is easiest. If you only have a ruler or a firm tape, measure in sections and add them up. Use whichever unit you like. We can work with either.

Then email us those three numbers, the product you are looking at and how you want it to fit. Garment measurements are being confirmed, and we will help you choose with what we have. Until a full chart is published on this page, that email is the most accurate route to the right size.

4. Choosing by garment type

Tees and the Unit Sign Tee

A tee is the least forgiving piece, because there is nothing under it to fill space. If you want it to sit the way a fitted tee does, lean toward the smaller of your two candidate sizes. If you want a relaxed tee for days off, take your usual unisex letter.

Long sleeve tees

Think about the sleeve first. A unisex sleeve can run long on a shorter arm. If long cuffs bother you, or you push sleeves up all shift, that is an argument for the smaller size. If you plan to wear the long sleeve as a base layer under something else, a closer fit layers more neatly.

Crewneck sweatshirts

This is where most sizing questions come from, and the Stacked Name & Credentials Crewneck is the piece people most want to get right. Sizing down gives a neater line. Staying at your usual letter gives the roomier, sit-on-the-couch fit. If you will wear it over a long sleeve, do not size down twice. One step is usually enough.

Hoodies

Hoodies are almost always worn as the outer layer, so most people choose their usual unisex size or one up. Think about what goes underneath on the coldest day you will wear it.

The Unit Quarter-Zip Pullover

A quarter-zip tends to be worn a little neater than a hoodie, often over a single layer. Your usual unisex size is the starting point. If you sized down in the crewneck and liked it, the same step down is reasonable here.

5. One-size items

Eight products have no size to choose: the cap, the beanie, the tumbler, the tote bag, the key tag, the decal, the mug and the keepsake ornament. Each is one size, and the product page has no size selector and no size add-on.

That makes them the low-risk choice for a gift when you cannot ask the size without spoiling the surprise. A parent buying for a pinning who does not know whether their new grad would want an M or an L can choose a Name & Credentials Tumbler or a Name & Unit Key Tag and remove sizing from the question entirely. The same goes for a work bestie’s birthday or a preceptor thank-you. Browse them in the Break Room and Pinning & First Shift ranges.

6. Collecting sizes for a whole unit

If you are the charge nurse, or the person who said “I’ll organise it” at huddle, sizing 20 or 30 people is the real job. A few habits make it painless.

• Use a sign-up sheet with four columns: name as it should print, credentials as they should print, size, and days or nights. Leave it at the nurses’ station for a full week so both shifts and the weekend crew see it.
• Write “unisex fit” at the top. Add one line: many women size down in unisex crewnecks, or stay at their usual size for a looser layer. That sentence prevents half the wrong guesses.
• List all eight sizes, S to 5XL, with the add-ons beside them: 2XL and 3XL +$2, 4XL and 5XL +$4. A 5XL and an S can sit in the same order. Nobody should have to ask whether their size is available.
• Have each person write their own line. We print exactly what is typed, so the spelling and the letters after each name should come from their owner. Each person enters the credentials they hold.
• Pass around one reference garment if you can. If someone on the floor already owns a unisex crewneck in a known size, let people hold it up against themselves. It settles more questions than any chart.
• Read the list back before you order, the same way you would read back anything at handoff.

There is no minimum and no group discount, so there is no reason to round the list up or to pressure anyone into joining. Techs, CNAs, unit secretaries and respiratory therapists can all go on the same sheet. Late additions can place their own order afterwards at the same price. If you are ordering for a date such as Nurses Week, the counting method is on the Shipping & Delivery page.

7. Colour and your unit’s dress code

Size is not the only choice that can send an item back. Apparel colours include Navy, Charcoal, Black, Ceil Blue, Ash Grey and White, and many hospitals assign colours by role. Before you order, check your own unit’s dress code for what may be worn on shift and in which colour. We do not know your facility’s rules and do not describe any item as approved for any dress code. Navy or Charcoal are common picks for people who want a quiet layer, but the check is yours to make. If you only plan to wear it off shift, choose the colour you like.

8. If the size turns out wrong

You have two safety nets.

Within 24 hours of ordering: if you realise you picked the wrong size, perhaps because a co-worker tells you theirs runs roomy, email us with your order number and the size you want. The steps are on the Cancel or Change an Order page. If the change crosses an add-on step, the price of the line changes by $2 or $4.

Within 60 days of delivery: if the item arrives and the fit is not right, you can return it. This includes personalised pieces with your name, credentials and unit on them. For change-of-mind returns, which a size miss is, we pay the return postage with a free return label. Start with the Returns & Exchanges Policy. Tell us in that email what size you would rather have, and how the first one fitted: “shoulders fine, body too long” is more useful than “too big”.

Try the garment on over what you would actually wear under it, and decide before you wash or wear it for a shift. If you are unsure, lay it flat next to your reference garment from section 3 and compare the chest width. That comparison usually answers the question in a minute.

9. Ask us before you order

If you are stuck between two sizes, write to support@scrubink.shop before you order. Include the product, your reference garment’s three numbers and its label size, and whether you want a closer or looser fit. We reply within 24 hours on business days, so a question sent at 0300 after a night shift is answered the next business day. Garment measurements are being confirmed, and this page will carry a full chart once they are. Until then, we would rather answer one email than process one return. More answers are in the FAQs.