With the increasing popularity of digital communication platforms, emoji has been used as a new language worldwide, conveying non-verbal communication cues and substituting for the face-to-face conditions. Essentially, emoji enables people from different countries to communicate in a standardised way and hence reducing language barriers. With the ability in facilitating communication, the potential applications of emoji in medical sciences are emerging. For instance, former study reported that emoji of smiley face displayed on handrub dispensers would reinforce hand hygiene behaviour. Hence, emoji would be a useful tool in future health education.

Keyword: Emoji, health education, infection control, communication

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Lotfinejad et al. Antimicrob. Resist. Infect. Control. 2020; 9.