Care labelling of clothing

Care labels describe useful information on the processes used for care and maintenance of clothing items, which include laundering or washing, bleaching, tumble drying, ironing and dry-cleaning. 

The care labels for various types of clothing should be positioned at appropriate places in a particular clothing style (see Table 17.1). However, individual manufacturers can slightly vary these positions, but should follow the instructions described in the Requirements of Care Labelling section earlier in the chapter. 

Care labels that are easily understood by consumers increase their confidence in caring for the apparel and reduce their perceptions of risk concerning the purchase of the item. The care instmctions can be passed to the consumers with text only, symbols only and a combination of text and symbol (Yan et al., 2008). The manirfacturers of clothing and other textiles prefer to use symbols on the care label, as the care symbols are globally recognizable and do not need to be translated into other languages. A majority of consumers prefer care labels that contain text and symbols, as these skills are taught and reinforced from an early age. 

The main difficulties associated with care labels are (1) some labels indicate procedures that are far more restrictive than necessary, (2) some instmctions make no sense or are difficult to understand and (3) some abrasive and coarse labels cause skin irritation. These problems can be avoided by the manufacturers with necessary action. The conditions essential for a clothing care should always be clearly demonstrated with a universal language or symbol. The selection of soft material for preparing the labels or directly printing the instructions at some inner part of a textile item can avoid the problems of skin irritation. 

Why, you might ask, would the manufacturer bother to include them Because they re compelled by law. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) mandates that clothing companies meet federal agency regulatory requirements. Sadly, because sometimes laundry care labels are created with only the letter of the law in mind, they do not always communicate optimal instructions for care. 

Wear a dust mask, goggles, rubber gloves, and protective clothing. Carefully scoop the solid into a beaker and transport to the fume hood. Destroy the material using waste disposal procedure. Wash the site of the spill with soap and water, disposing of the cleaning materials in a sealed bag or container labeled for disposal by burning.4... 

The use of Internet selling of various products has grown tremendously. Purchasing clothing over the Internet poses risks concerning size, fit, aesthetics, feel of the fabrics and reading information on care and content labels (Park and Stoel, 2002 Kim and Lennon, 2010 Xu and Paulins, 2005). 

At all stages of medical care, the treatment of highly contaminated individuals will require special facilities or isolated facilities with the specif procedures that limit the spread of contamination and disposal of contaminated waste. For the deteetion of radioaetive eontam-ination, radiation equipment should be available, such as specialized radiation monitoring instruments, whole body counter, and iodine thyroid counter. Usually a radiation protection officer or health physicist performs the measurements. For the purpose of dose reeonstraction, different instruments and methods can be used, such as electronic paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometry and cytogenetic dosimetry. Because of this, collection of various tissues (blood, hair, and teeth) and clothes of exposed persons should be organized. Provisions (plastic bags, labels, etc.) should be made in advance. 

If there are multiple victims, it is essential that clothing and other material are not mixed up but kept scrupulously separate. Wherever possible the material should be handed directly to a police officer. Where this is not possible it should be bagged and labelled and given into the care of a clearly identified named person. At no time should evidential material be left where subsequent allegations of tampering might be made. A chain of custody must be demonstrable at all times. 

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