Universal Symbols for Healthcare

The Universal Symbols for Healthcare were developed as part of a multidisciplinary team of designers from 2003-2010 through a joint partnership between SEGD and Hablamos Juntos with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Universal Symbols for Healthcare

Phase I of the Universal Symbols for Health Care (USHC) research, completed in 2006, confirmed that symbols improve wayfinding by making signage easier to understand than text-only signs. This led to the creation of 28 universal health care symbols for facility navigation.

Recognizing the need for a scalable, universally adopted symbol set, a university consortium was formed in 2008 to guide the development of additional symbols. Following comprehensive testing, 22 new symbols were added, expanding the USHC set to 50 symbols.

Download a PDF of the full set of Universal Symbols for Healthcare for use in your projects. File can be opened in Illustrator for vector art usage.

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