Protective clothing is worn to protect either the wearer's body or other items of
clothing. Conversely, 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 both ways, as with the use
latex gloves[?] by
surgeons and
dentists[?].
Examples:
Most forms of industrial clothing[?] are protective clothing.