Hi everybody,
I appreciate every comments. How come after years we never heard about nobody making a recall because uniform's cross contamination. What are the possibilities that bacterias can grow on plant uniforms? And if we consider that employees have only 30 minutes for lunch, we cannot imagine how possible it is to change and have time to eat and change back again. In this case, we do not have high risk zones so I am trying to figure up if this item is really appropriate for our operation.
GD
Difficult to quantify. As I said before, compliance is an issue because of the design of the uniforms. I'd redesign them then the issue goes away.
I used to have a similar viewpoint that if something hasn't been shown to be an issue, I was sceptical, however, a few years ago, I used to work at a factory where we had a barrier control issue. We'd been doing the same thing for 20 years plus with no issue then they had an issue which almost closed the site. I learned a very important lesson. If something is wrong in terms of control and presents a theoretical risk, I now always try and address it before it becomes a problem. As others have said if you did have an issue it might not be assigned to the work wear anyway. It's worth having a look on youtube, there is an excellent video out there on the risks of cross contamination of bacteria and droplets which are spread on toilet flushing. Personally if you can do something to get rid of the risk, even if it's small I would. The other point is how you could justify people eating their food which may well contain allergens in the clothing they then work in the factory in.
All round, personally, I'd change for coats. The risk might be small but I still see it as a risk and why live with a risk you don't need to?