Determining conditions of personal protection articles against at least one criterion

A personal protective article is disclosed. The personal protective article comprises a sensing device configured to sense data that is related to at least one predetermined criterion associated with use of the personal protective article in a working environment, wherein the sensed data is configured to be acquired from the sensing device; and a smart tag with smart tag data configured to be processed with the sensed data to determine whether a condition of the personal protective article satisfies the predetermined criterion.