BS 5426:1993
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Specification for workwear and career wear
Hardcopy , PDF
English
03-15-1993
Committees responsible
Foreword
Specification
Section one. General
1 Scope
2 Definitions
Section two. Requirements for all types of workwear
and career wear
3 Materials
4 Manufacture
5 Seam strength
6 Sizing
7 Colour fastness of theatre gowns, caps and hoods
8 Marking
Section three. Particular requirements for a lightweight
two-piece working rig
9 Fabric manufacture and sizing
10 Marking
Appendices
A Method for the determination of seam strength
B Method of measuring garments
Tables
1 Coveralls for men and youths
2 Coats and jackets for men and youths
3 Bib and brace overalls for men and youths
4 Overall trousers for men and youths
5 Wrap-over overalls for women and girls
6 Front fastening overalls for women girls
7 Coveralls for women and girls
8 Bib and brace overalls for women and girls
9 Women's dresses
10 Women's dresses for hospital use
11 Women's overalls for hospital use
12 Donor attendants' dresses (garments made from
polyester/cellulosic fabrics)
13 General purpose gowns (garments made from polyester/
cellulosic fabrics; not for use in anaesthetizing
areas)
14 Theatre gowns
15 Theatre caps and hoods
16 Career wear, women's jackets
17 Career wear, women's slacks
18 Lightweight, two-piece working rig, jacket
19 Lightweight, two-piece working rig, trousers
20 Colour fastness requirements for theatre gowns, caps
and hoods
Figures
1 Lightweight two-piece working rig: example of seam
and pocket details
2 Seam strength test specimen
3 Man's coat
4 Coverall
5 Woman's overall
6 Woman's bib and brace overall
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