An Overview of Pictogram: Need in Healthcare System

Pictogram is a symbolic representation which is meant to grab viewers' attention. It is used to provide information to the viewer regarding a particular product and instruct a consumer regarding its usage. In health care sector a pictogram plays a very important role in various assets. A pictogram can be designed in various ways according to its needs. A pictogram can be used to instruct the patients as well as medical professionals regarding the seal opening techniques of medicinal containers as well as route of administration by which the drug is supposed to be administered. In our entire review, we have discussed regarding the importance of pictogram, its various uses, some cases which could have been avoided if Pictograms were used. We also have conducted a survey for analysing various pictograms that we designed by screening various problem statements in this review.