With the development of productivity, the original kind of relatively simple clothing used to protect the body from cold has developed into today's elegant, beautiful and beautiful clothing. With the development of science and technology and the improvement of people's living standards, people have added a lot of new needs to the medical clothing, such as wearing comfortable, beautiful, environmental protection, anti-static, sterilization and bacteriostasis. Medical clothing is not only protective clothing, but also occupational logo clothing. It should be serious, solemn, clean, beautiful, generous and fit. It should not only conform to the principles of disinfection and isolation, prevention of cross infection, which is conducive to the protection of patients and medical personnel, but also be marked clearly, which is convenient for differentiation and work. White work clothes, work caps, blue or other light colored work clothes and work caps of some types of work give people a sense of sanctity.
In order to maintain their social status and ensure their social interests, certain social institutions, on the one hand, manage their personnel, on the other hand, make obvious differences from other institutions. This is the social basis for the emergence and formation of medical uniforms. Therefore, the clothing of medical staff is the shape symbol of medical institutions, which belongs to the category of uniform. Modern social institutions pay more and more attention to their own dedication and behavior standards, emphasizing that the behavior of each member is directly related to the honor of this institution. Specifically, because of the symbol and logo function of uniform, the behavior of every medical staff in uniform affects the image and status of the hospital.
The white gown was originally made in 1888. It is recognized as a uniform in different times, classes and nationalities. Whether in wartime or peacetime, it shows the nature of hospital as a social institution. With the development of society, hospitals play an increasingly important role in the modern social structure. This kind of marking function not only distinguishes the social organizations, but also shows the identity, status and responsibility of the wearer. Therefore, the activity scope and responsibility authority of each link and department in the organization can also be defined through the difference of wearing uniform. As a kind of non-verbal information transmission media, medical uniform conveys the social content of the wearer to the society through vision, and it is also the social identity certificate of the wearer.