What is the purpose of a Hemovac drain?
What is the purpose of a Hemovac drain?
A Hemovac drain is placed under your skin during surgery. This drain removes any blood or other fluids that might build up in this area. You can go home with the drain still in place.
What are the types of surgical drains?
Drain Types
- Passive Drains. Passive drains are made of latex, polypropylene, or silastic rubber.
- Active Drains. Active drains are closed systems that collect fluid into a reservoir.
- Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy.
- Infection.
- Vascular Damage.
- Spread of Neoplastic Cells.
- Dehiscence.
- Blockage.
What are Penrose drains used for?
About Your Penrose Drain It lets blood and other fluids move out of the area of your surgery. This keeps fluid from collecting under your incision (surgical cut) and causing infection.
What is the difference between a JP drain and a Hemovac?
A Hemovac drain (see Figure 4.3) can hold up to 500 ml of drainage. A Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain (see Figure 4.4) is usually used for smaller amounts of drainage (25 to 50 ml). Drains are usually sutured to the skin to prevent accidental removal.
Is a Hemovac drain open or closed?
The drainage is collected in a closed sterile collection system/reservoir (Hemovac or Jackson-Pratt) or an open system that deposits the drainage on a sterile dressing. Drainage may vary depending on location and type of surgery. A Hemovac drain (see Figure 4.3) can hold up to 500 ml of drainage.
What is the difference between a Blake drain and a JP drain?
Jackson-Pratt (A-1) and Blake (A-2) drains are commonly used radiopaque, silicone products for closed-suction systems. The Jackson-Pratt drain is oval-shaped with numerous orifices and intraluminal corrugations (inlay). The Blake drain has four chan- nels along the sides with a solid core center.
What color should wound drainage be?
Normal wounds have normal drainage—it’s clear or there is a little bit of blood or yellow color. The amount of drainage, and the amount of blood in it, should lessen as the wound heals. Abnormal wounds look angry and have angry drainage. They get worse—more tender, more drainage, more bleeding, more swelling.