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Table 1

Preliminary list with 42 elements. The score over 90% of acceptance would be kept on the list.

Items version 1 Validity of the item
Patient
 01 Identification/Weight/Height Valid
 02 Surgical procedure Valid
 03 Calculations (Heparin/Flows) Valid
 04 Blood products checking Valid
Equipment
 05 Power cables Valid
 06 Cooler Rewritten/Repositioned
 07 Heater Rewritten/Repositioned
 08 Volts – 110/220 Excluded
CPB Machine
 09 Initial test Rewritten/Repositioned
 10 Hand crank Valid
 11 Level sensor Valid, not supported exclusion
 12 Bubble sensor Valid, not supported exclusion
 13 Rollers Rewritten/Repositioned
 14 Water lines Rewritten/Repositioned
 15 Heat exchanger Rewritten/Repositioned
Centrifugal pump
 16 Console Valid
 17 Flow sensor Valid
 18 Manual hand crank Valid
 19 Operational test Valid
 20 Driver Rewritten/Repositioned
 21 Pump battery Rewritten/Repositioned
Gas supply
 22 O2 /Air regulation valve Valid
 23 Lines: O2 /Air (connected) Valid
 24 Blender – FIO2 Rewritten/Repositioned
 25 Flowmeter Rewritten/Repositioned
Materials
 26 Pharmacy kit Valid
 27 Oxygenator and components Valid
 28 Reynald clamps for tubes Valid
Circuit preparation
 29 Safely connecting the tubes Valid
 30 Perfusate Valid
 31 Calibration of the arterial roller and aspirators Valid
 32 Air Removal from the system Valid
 33 No Leakage in the circuit Valid
Cardioplegia
 34 Test in the cardioplegia module Valid
 35 Circuit assembly/Checking Valid
 36 Cardioplegia solution Valid
 37 Custodiol solution Excluded
Vacuum system
 38 Vacuum regulator Valid
 39 Relief valve Valid
Before starting CPB
 40 Heparin dosage Valid
 41 Anticoagulation/ACT Valid
 42 Arterial line test Valid

CPB – cardiopulmonary bypass; ACT – activated coagulation time.

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