What does it mean to "sign out" a case?

[juddson]

I read this phrase often on these boards. What does it mean? Do you really sign out slides for review?

Judd

 

[b&ierstiefel]

I read this phrase often on these boards. What does it mean? Do you really sign out slides for review?

Judd

Signing out a case involves going over a case, as a resident, as an attending. In a more broader sense, signing out means issuing a diagnosis report for the case.

 

[deschutes]

Do you really sign out slides for review?

It probably comes from the practice of having a pathologist's signature at the bottom of every "official" path report issued, attesting that they have reviewed the slides, read the report and deemed it true to the best of their knowledge.

 

[LADoc00]

I dont have electronic signature, so for me it literally means I sign the typed report....yes, Im low tech.

 

[djmd]

I dont have electronic signature, so for me it literally means I sign the typed report....yes, Im low tech.

Buy a stamper man!