More than 200 million surgeries are performed worldwide each year. Recent reports reveal that adverse event rates for conditions remain unacceptably high despite several global initiatives for patient safety. Cardiac surgery, among surgeries, is considered one of the most complex and can benefit from managing this complexity through the use of checklists. In this context the objective is to identify a checklist for safe cardiac surgery in the literature through the methodology of integrative review, consisting of six stages, carried out in Medline databases via Pubmed (National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health), Cinhal (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature), Lilacs (Latin American Literature and of the Caribbean in Health Sciences), Scopus and Web of Science, between September and October 2020. The results the search showed eight articles that presented a checklist for cardiac surgery. As for the origin of the studies, most were from the United States of America (USA), 50%, in relation to the professionals who were part of the instruments, anesthetist, surgeon, perfusionist, nurse and scrub nurse were included. lists and in the surgical phase the most prevalent was Time out. The conclusion was possible to verify in the literature the existence of a checklist for safe cardiac surgery with evidence that brings together verification elements for the safety of cardiac patients. 

Alba Thomé has completed her master’s degree at the age of 34 years from Ufal University, Brazil. She’s Nurse and devoted much of her workday to experiencing the world of cardiology. She’s specialist, in Nefhrology, Intensive Care, Surgical Center, Occupational Nursing, Quality Management and Hospital Accreditation.