Standard Operating Procedure In Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Objective: to report the experience during the process of elaborating a standard operating procedure in the cardiopulmonary bypass. Methods: descriptive study of the type of experience report experience between December 2018 and January 2019 in a university hospital in southern Brazil. Results: the need of standardization of procedures, lack of rules and routines may indicate disorganization of the service due to different forms of professional conduct. The use of Standard Operating Procedures are considered as an indispensable tool in process standardization to ensure the quality and efficiency in its activities in the strategies of the patient safety in cardiopulmonary bypass. Conclusion: the implementation of standardization of operating procedures is already a reality in Brazil and should be seen as a way to organize institutional activities in order to ensure patient safety through incident prevention and if appropriate corrective actions can be applied to avoid damage during cardiopulmonary bypass.