When protection fails, everything stops: Your WashGuard PPE Wear & Care Guide

It’s all it takes for your factory’s hygiene standards to collapse - putting operators, customers, and your entire operation at risk. Improper PPE care doesn’t just reduce protection - it can spread contamination, compromise food safety, and trigger a shutdown no one can afford. This guide explains exactly how to wear, clean, and care for your WashGuard PPE, so your team stays safe, compliant, and contamination-free.

Whether your team is handling intensive washdowns, food processing, or production line cleaning, WashGuard offers a complete range of durable protective wear, including aprons, jackets, trousers, coveralls, wellingtons, and gloves. Each garment features high-visibility reflective strips to help your team “be safe and be seen” and is available in multiple colours and sizes to support your factory’s hygiene and colour-coding standards.

Made from robust 40% polyurethane and 60% nylon blend, WashGuard clothing meets EN14605 Type PB [4], EN343, and CE0493 standards so you can trust that every item delivers dependable protection and long-lasting performance in demanding hygiene operations.

Get the best protection by wearing your WashGuard PPE the right way

Before You Put On

Ensure all pieces of PPE are clean, undamaged and the correct size.
Remove jewellery, ensure hair is secured (so hair‐net can fit properly).

How To Wear Your PPE

Trousers or bib and brace:

- With your base layers on, step into the bib & brace or trousers

Trousers /bib and brace over wellington boots:

- Step into wellingtons and pull trousers or bib and brace trousers over the boots so that the boot covers the trousers leg-end, preventing any unwanted splash.
- Since WashGuard trousers are designed for washdown/hygiene settings, tucking the bottom of the trouser over the boots gives extra protection.

Jacket then gloves:

- Put on the WashGuard jacket and fasten all closures.
- Pull on gloves over the jacket cuffs so there is no gap between sleeve and glove.

Hair-net & safety Goggles

- Place a hair net firmly over your hair, covering all loose strands and keeping hair away from face and equipment
- Place protective WashGuard Goggles over your eyes, adjust strap so they fit snugly and cover curvature of face.

During Use

Make sure all garments remain fastened and correctly worn.
Avoid rolling up sleeves or letting trousers rise above boots (which could expose skin).
If garments become heavily soiled or torn, stop use and replace.
Monitor for signs of wear and tear.

Care, Maintenance & Storage

After each shift, rinse off visible contaminants from boots, gloves and outer garment surfaces.
If garments show significant wear (holes, seam damage, loss of waterproofing) replace or recycle via the WashGuard Recycling Scheme.
Store WashGuard in designated changing facilities. If available, use the Foodclean Drying Cabinets to dry garments quickly.