A Derby, England hospital has become the first in the UK to make sterile hijabs available to employees.

The disposable headscarves were introduced by a medical resident who came up with the idea while in training.

“I’d been using [the same headscarf] all day, which obviously wasn’t clean and ideal,” Farah Roslan, who is Muslim, tells BBC Radio. “I didn’t feel comfortable taking it off and I was pulled out from the theater, respectfully, due to infection control.”

At the time, Roslan was a medical student with University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, and she looked to her native Malaysia to think up a solution to keep her faith and pursue her medical “passion.” So she tested fabrics and designed the prototype of both a functional hijab and an inexpensive, disposable, hospital-grade scrub.

“I am so happy my vision has become a reality and that these headscarves are now available for all of the staff,” she says in a press release from the hospital.

The one UK hospital that now offers the disposable hijabs is very pleased with the innovation as well.

“We are proud to be national leaders of good practice and inclusivity,” the hospital writes in the release.

Now Roslan hopes more hospitals across the country will adopt the doctor-approved headwear.

“I’m really happy and looking forward to seeing if we can endorse this nationally,” she says.

Dr. Gill Tierney, a consultant surgeon and Roslan’s mentor when she was a medical student, said the dilemma had flown under the radar until her fix. “We know it’s a quiet, silent issue around theaters around the country and I don’t think it has been formally addressed,” she says. “It hasn’t cost much and hopefully the effect will be enormous.”

The headscarves became available to the hospital’s staff earlier this month.