Abstract: A protective floor mat system which includes a surgical mat designed for use in an operating room environment and which system includes a disposable cover for the floor mat, the disposable cover comprising an envelope enclosure to enclose the floor mat during its use and which envelope comprises a disposable sheet material, which sheet material is impervious to the penetration of liquids, such as blood, urine, disinfectants and body fluids, thereby preventing the contamination of the floor mat during use and permitting the outer, disposable envelope to be discarded after use.

Abstract: A static dissipative surface covering material which comprises a thermoplastic polymer layer and an electrically conductive, metallized, such as vacuum aluminum-coated, glass fiber tissue material disposed in or to the thermoplastic layer to provide a static dissipative surface covering material. A method of preparing a static dissipative surface covering material, which method comprises embedding within or securing to a thermoplastic polymer layer a layer of electrically-conductive, metallized, coated, open fibrous material, such as an aluminized glass fiber tissue, to provide a static dissipative surface covering material.