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AMBUPROG, pre-operative telephone checklist on the rate of late cancellations of ambulatory surgery; CICU, children's intensive care unit; CSICU, cardiac surgical intensive care unit; CVICU, cardiovascular intensive care unit; ICU, intensive care unit; ISBAR, introduction/identification, situation, background, assessment, request/recommendations; MAPS, medications, allergies, procedures/pertinent information, special needs; OR, operating room; PETS, pre-handover, equipment handover, timeout, signout; PICU, paediatric intensive care unit; PPACU, pediatric postanesthesia care unit; RORCC, robot-specific checklist; SBAR, situation, background, assessment, recommendations; SSC, surgical safety checklist.