Wearing an ESD Lab Coat suppresses or shields static on underlying clothes like cotton t-shirts and wool sweaters from hurting electronics nearby with zaps of electricity. However, the wearer of an ESD Jacket must take caution to be grounded, so that the ESD Lab Coat does not become a carrier of those charges.

To ground an ESD Smock the wearer must be electrically plugged into the Earth. To be plugged in you should Wear a Wrist Strap to Capture Static on the Surface of Your Hands Use Anti Static Mats to Capture Static on the Surfaces of Your Work Areas Use Grounding Cords to Electrically Connect the Lab Coat, the Wrist Strap, and Anti Static Mats to a Common Point Ground that plugs into the Earth