Closed Suction Drain
Closed Wound Suction Drain · Closed-Wound Drainage System · Suction Drain · Active Drain · Jackson-Pratt Drain · JP Drain · Hemovac · Bulb Drain
A soft perforationper-fuh-RAY-shunA hole that goes all the way through the wall of an organ or tissue.per- throughforat bored (a hole)-ion processFull entry drain (flat or round, silicone or premature ventricular contractionpree-muh-CHOOR ven-TRIK-yuh-ler kun-TRAK-shunAn extra heartbeat that starts early from a ventricle instead of from the heart's normal pacemaker.Full entry ) that lies in the wound, joined to clear tubing and a squeezable collection reservoirREZ-er-vwarA place where germs live and multiply, such as a person, animal, water or soil.Full entry . The Jackson-Pratt uses a clear silicone bulb; the Hemovac uses a round spring-loaded reservoir. Many kits come with a sharp metal trocarTROH-karA sharp or bladed instrument inside a tube (cannula), used to pierce a body wall and leave the tube in place as a port.Full entry on the end of the tubing for bringing the drain out through a separate stab wound.
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What it’s for
Pulls blood and serumSEER-umThe clear, yellow liquid left from blood after it clots and the cells are removed.Full entry out of a wound after closure so fluid does not collect. The perforationper-fuh-RAY-shunA hole that goes all the way through the wall of an organ or tissue.per- throughforat bored (a hole)-ion processFull entry end is placed in the wound and the tubing is brought out through the skin, usually through a stab wound near the incision, and sutureSOO-cherA stitch, or the thread used to stitch, that holds the edges of a wound or incision together.Full entry in place. The reservoirREZ-er-vwarA place where germs live and multiply, such as a person, animal, water or soil.Full entry is squeezed flat and closed, and as it slowly reopens it draws fluid out, like a bulb syringe. The Jackson-Pratt is common after abdominal, breast, neurosurgical and general surgery cases; the Hemovac after orthopedicor-thuh-PEE-dikHaving to do with the bones, joints, muscles, ligaments and tendons, and the branch of medicine that treats them.orth/o straightped/o child (the field began with straightening children's bones)-ic relating toFull entry cases where a moderate amount of drainage is expected.
Lengths and variants
Jackson-Pratt bulbs come in 100 cc and 400 cc; the 400 cc bulb has two inlet ports so two drains can share it. Flat silicone drains come in 7 mm and 10 mm widths with three-quarter or full perforationper-fuh-RAY-shunA hole that goes all the way through the wall of an organ or tissue.per- throughforat bored (a hole)-ion processFull entry ; round drains come in 7, 10, 15 and 19 Fr. Drains come with or without a trocarTROH-karA sharp or bladed instrument inside a tube (cannula), used to pierce a body wall and leave the tube in place as a port.Full entry . batteryBAT-uh-reeIn law, touching a person on purpose without their consent.Full entry -powered pump systems are also made.
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- Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 19 (Surgical Skills II: Intraoperative and Immediate Postoperative Period), p. 422-423
- Association of Surgical Technologists. Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist. 4th ed. Chapter 10 (Instrumentation, Equipment, and Supplies), p. 287
- enfermeriacreativa.com
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