NGAVA Studio
Home care · Spitex

NGAVA Spitex

A wardrobe for Swiss home-care nursing groups. Reads as trusted from the first doorbell. Holds across every shift the team runs.

The first thing a Spitex patient sees is the nurse at the door. Most groups have outsourced that surface to a catalogue.

An atelier-made wardrobe for Spitex organisations, home-care nursing networks and mobile-care groups. Staffwear engineered for transit, lounge layers for overnight care, footwear and the patient-facing packaging that travels with the visit. Designed in Zurich and made in the named Porto workshops, on one signed contract.

Who we work with.

Swiss Spitex organisations, home-care nursing groups, mobile-care networks, regional home-care chains.

Not a fit.

Generic scrubs resold from a catalogue. Production handed to factories not on your contract. One-off small runs without a recurring supply commitment.

Who this is for
  • Spitex organisations
  • Home-care nursing groups
  • Mobile-care networks
  • Regional home-care chains
  • Premium home-health services
  • Hospice and palliative home-care
  • Mobile physiotherapy networks
What we solve
  • 01

    Catalogue scrubs that flatten a Spitex brand the moment a patient opens the door.

  • 02

    Uniforms designed for stationary shifts, then asked to survive a day of transit between homes.

  • 03

    Brand drift between batches. Fit drifts. Colour drifts. Every reorder breaks the look you established.

  • 04

    Reorders that arrive late for new hires, and not at all for damaged kit during a shift handover.

  • 05

    No supplier accountable for design, making and the year-on-year supply at the same time.

  • 06

    Patient-facing kit, folders and post-visit cards that read from a different rule book than the staffwear.

What changes once it ships

What the team notices, once the wardrobe is in use.

  • 01

    Every nurse, every visit, wears one approved look. The mark on the chest and the patch on the sleeve hold this quarter and the next.

  • 02

    Uniforms engineered for the day a Spitex nurse actually runs. Transit layers, lounge pieces for overnight care, footwear that survives the stairwell.

  • 03

    New hires receive a fitted starter kit in five working days. Replacements run through the standing programme, not through a procurement scramble.

  • 04

    Patient-facing packaging, leave-behind kits and seasonal materials read as the same brand as the apron at the door.

  • 05

    The catalogue, the care guides and the reorder thresholds are documented, signed and audited every year.

  • 06

    One signed contract holds it all. Zurich design, production in the named Porto workshops, QC on the bench, and the reorders that keep the team in uniform.

What we hold from brief to reorder

Three sets of work on one signed contract. The pieces we design and make. The operations that bring them to a doorstep at any scale. The supply that keeps the wardrobe alive across every shift and every new hire.

01
Scope

What we design and make

  • 01 Transit uniforms
  • 02 Lounge layers
  • 03 Footwear & accessories
  • 04 Patient packaging
02
Operations

How we bring it to life

  • 01 Validated samples
  • 02 Production in Portugal
  • 03 On-site QC
  • 04 Per-piece delivery
03
Lifecycle

What stays running

  • 01 Reorder programme
  • 02 New-hire kits
  • 03 Replacement cover
  • 04 Seasonal refreshes

How we build NGAVA Spitex

Six phases. Each one reviewed and signed off before the next begins. Each phase clears a specific risk before a wardrobe ships and has to stay consistent through the seasons that follow.

Timeline ~14 weeks from kickoff to first delivery · lifecycle programme ongoing thereafter
  1. 01

    Planning

    We learn your goals, your team, your standards and your timeline.

  2. 02

    Design

    We prepare designs, materials, production specifications and a detailed production plan for your approval before making samples.

  3. 03

    Samples & Fittings

    We make samples, test the fit and refine details until you approve production.

  4. 04

    Production

    Our trusted workshops in Portugal produce the approved collection in small or large quantities.

  5. 05

    Quality Check

    Our Porto team checks items during and after production. Products with defects are not shipped.

  6. 06

    Delivery

    We pack and ship your order by employee, location or bulk delivery across Europe and worldwide.

Three ways to engage

Start with a focused diagnosis, commission the full system, or move into a managed supply programme that grows with every new hire. The scope is tailored to your team.

Tier 01

Concept Package

Focused diagnosis. Direction before commitment.

Timeline
3–4 weeks
  • Discovery workshop with leadership
  • Brand and role analysis
  • Moodboard and product direction
  • Initial uniform and lounge concepts
  • Sample roadmap
  • Production plan at your team scale
Tier 02

Identity System Package

The full NGAVA Spitex.

Timeline
10–14 weeks
  • Full uniform, lounge, footwear and accessory design system
  • Patient-facing packaging design
  • Validated samples for fit, durability and wash behaviour
  • Tech packs and production specs
  • Production in the named Porto workshops
  • Per-piece or kit delivery
Tier 03

Managed Supply Program

We run the supply. You run the visits.

Timeline
Annual programme
  • New-hire starter kits
  • Replacement and damage cover
  • Seasonal refreshes
  • Reorder portal access
  • Approved uniform catalogue
  • Recurring quality control
What this system is not

A clear refusal list is part of the work.

  • Generic scrubs resold from someone else's catalogue.

  • Disposable single-use garments.

  • Engagements for home-care groups below roughly twenty active nurses. Smaller teams are not a suitable fit for this programme.

  • Production handed to any factory not named on your contract. Every piece is made inside the Porto workshops you signed with.

  • Shipping without QC on the bench in Porto.

Spitex MeGaherz: a home-care wardrobe, made in Porto
Case study · Home Care Spitex MeGaherz: a home-care wardrobe, made in Porto
Proof: six programmes, one contract

Six Spitex programmes to date. The most public reference is the Spitex MeGaherz wardrobe. Crew shirt, polo, outerwear, lounge layer, socks and patient-facing packaging. Designed under NDA, sampled on the bench in Porto and made in the named partner workshops. The same contract holds every NGAVA Spitex engagement.

Read the case
Sample policy

We make and test samples before production. Materials, patterns and workshop requirements are agreed before sample work begins. Production starts only after the samples are approved.

Your brand at work

Begin with the Concept Package

We answer inside one business day with a scoped Concept Package proposal. Mutual NDA on the first call.