Protective clothing

Protective clothing is clothing designed to protect either the wearer's body or other items of clothing from hazards such as electrical, heat, chemicals and infection. Also, special clothes may protect the working environment from pollution and/or infection from the worker, for example in a microchip factory. The protection may also be important in both ways, as with the use of disposable gloves by surgeons and dentists.

Related Topics:
Clothing - Pollution - Infection - Microchip - Gloves - Surgeon - Dentist

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Protective clothing is also worn for contact sports, such as ice hockey and American football. Baseball players wear sliding shorts and a cup under their pants. See baseball uniform, Goalie mask, jockstrap.

Related Topics:
Contact sports - Ice hockey - American football - Baseball uniform - Goalie mask - Jockstrap

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Protective clothing and other protective equipment are often referred to as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), a term which includes forms of protective equipment which are not strictly items of clothing (for example, eye and ear protection).

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Protective clothing extends to body armor such as bullet-proof vests, historical armor and futuristic powered armor. In UK legislation the term PPE does not cover such items as armour.

Related Topics:
Body armor - Bullet-proof vest - Armor - Powered armor

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Common protective materials include Nomex, Kevlar.

Related Topics:
Nomex - Kevlar

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