Lab coats, your specification
Made to your tech pack, fabric and colours by a factory matched to the order.
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Your main label, care label, hangtag and polybag. Nominated trims accepted.
A lab coat is a long woven overcoat worn over clothes or scrubs: a collar, a front closed by buttons or press studs, and pockets where the wearer reaches. Hospitals order it for doctors and visitors, pharmaceutical and chemical plants for laboratory staff, and food factories for hygiene, and many of these buyers order coats with no scrub programme at all. A lab coat manufacturer in Bangladesh sews it on a woven uniform line, usually in poly cotton twill.
Garments Hub BD asks both quoting factories to price the same cloth, closure, cuff and finish, and to state how any finish claim will be tested, since a fluid repellent or antistatic coat is only as good as its report. Whites are compared with the approved standard at final inspection, and the photographs of each stage are yours.
Kinds of lab coat
Knee length doctor's coat
Notch collar, button or stud front, two hip pockets and a chest pocket with pen slot, often with side slits to reach trouser pockets. The hospital and clinic coat, worn over clothes or scrubs, usually in white.
Hip length lab coat
A shorter coat for students, pharmacy counters and laboratory benches, where a long hem catches on stools. Less cloth and a lower price, with the same pockets and closure as the knee length coat.
Knit cuff laboratory coat
Rib knit cuffs set inside the sleeve hem hold the sleeve at the wrist, so it does not drag through samples or catch on equipment. Often with a stand collar and stud front, for pharmaceutical and chemical labs.
Food plant coat
Press studs instead of buttons, no outside pockets above the waist and no loose parts that could fall into product, often coloured by hygiene zone. Ordered by food and drink factories for staff and visitors.
Antistatic coat
Poly cotton or polyester cloth with conductive yarns woven in a grid or stripe, for electronics assembly and areas where static must be controlled. The claim needs a resistance test on the finished coat.
What a lab coat manufacturer in Bangladesh needs from you
- Cloth and weight
- Poly cotton twill, often 65/35, or cotton twill, usually 180 to 240 GSM. Poly cotton keeps its size and white in hot laundry; cotton breathes better and creases more.
- Length per size
- Knee or hip length, given as centre back length per size. Coats are graded in length as well as chest, so the tall sizes still cover the knee.
- Front closure
- Buttons, press studs or a concealed stud placket. Food plants usually refuse buttons, which can come off; studs also survive industrial laundry and fasten quickly.
- Cuffs and sleeves
- A plain hemmed sleeve, a knit cuff inside the hem, or a tab and button to tighten it. Give the cuff length and the rib fibre.
- Pockets and slits
- Chest pocket with pen slot, hip pockets, side access slits and any phone pocket, or no pockets above the waist for food plants.
- Finish
- Fluid repellent, soil release or antistatic, with the test and the number of washes the finish must survive written into the specification.
Tests and standards for lab coats
- ISO 4920 or AATCC 22
- The spray rating behind a fluid repellent finish. It supports a water repellency claim, not protection from chemicals or infection, so test it on a new coat and after washing.
- EN ISO 13688
- General requirements for protective clothing. A coat sold as protection against chemicals or biological agents is protective equipment, tested and certified through an accredited body to this and its specific standard.
- ISO 15797
- Industrial laundering procedures. Hospital and plant coats usually go to contract laundries, so check whiteness, size and studs after the agreed cycles.
What moves the price of a lab coat
- Cloth: cotton twill or a finished poly cotton costs more than plain poly cotton twill.
- Fluid repellent or antistatic finishes, and the laboratory tests behind each claim.
- Closures: a concealed stud placket costs more than buttons or exposed studs.
- Knit cuffs, side slits and pen slots, each an extra part and operation.
- Length: a knee length coat uses clearly more cloth than a hip length one.
Lead time for lab coats
Lab coat samples usually take 7 to 14 days in a stock white poly cotton, and bulk usually runs 30 to 60 days after written PP approval. A finish applied to the cloth, antistatic cloth woven to order or a wash durability test on the finish each add days before cutting. The quote confirms the dates.
What we check on lab coats before shipment
- Stud seatingEach press stud on sampled coats fastened and pulled; a stud that pops or tears the placket fails in the first laundry.
- Knit cuff joinRib cuffs checked for even stitching inside the sleeve and for recovery after stretching, so they still grip the wrist.
- Length per sizeCentre back length measured on every sampled size, so the largest and tallest sizes still reach the knee.
- Food plant buildOn food plant coats, no pocket above the waist and no loose trim, buttons or thread ends that could fall into product.
Questions buyers ask about lab coats
Is a lab coat protective equipment?
Not by default. A standard lab coat keeps splashes and dirt off clothes. A coat sold as protection against chemicals or infection is protective equipment, tested and certified through an accredited body under EN ISO 13688 and its specific standard. Say on the quote form which one you need.
Should a lab coat have knit cuffs?
For laboratories handling powders, liquids or samples, usually yes: a knit cuff keeps the sleeve end at the wrist, clear of the work and of moving equipment. For doctors and visitors, a plain hemmed sleeve looks smarter and costs a little less.
Can lab coats be ordered without scrubs?
Yes. Many pharmaceutical, chemical and food plants buy coats alone, and hospitals often order coats apart from their scrub programme. Where a hospital uses both, the coat can follow the scrub colours by approving its lab dip against the same standard.
Buttons or press studs on a lab coat?
Press studs fasten quickly, survive hot laundry and cannot fall into a product, which is why food and pharmaceutical plants prefer them. Buttons look more traditional on a doctor's coat and are cheaper to replace. A concealed stud placket gives a clean front with stud security.
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