Taxonomy of sign-out quality
| Poor sign-out | Effective sign-out |
|---|---|
| Content omissions | Written sign-out |
| Medications or treatments | Patient content |
| Tests or consults | Code status |
| Medical problems | Anticipated problems |
| Active | Baseline examination |
| Anticipated | Pending test or consults |
| Baseline status | Overall features |
| Code status | Legible |
| Rationale of primary team | Relevant |
| Accurate | |
| Up to date | |
| Failure-prone communication processes | Verbal sign-out Anticipate |
| Lack of face-to-face communication | Pertinent Face-to-face |
| Double sign-out (“night float”) | Thorough |
| Illegible or unclear handwriting |