The nurse is caring for a client with a drain connected to a portable drainage suction device shaped like a grenade made of plastic. Which term will the nurse use when describing this system during end-of-shift report?
1. Closed wound drainage system
2. Hemovac
3. Jackson-Pratt
4. Reinfusion drain
Correct Answer: 3
The drain described, shaped like a grenade, is a Jackson-Pratt. A Hemovac is a flat disk. A reinfusion drain allows collection of blood from the wound for readministration. All of these drains are nonspecifically known as closed wound drainage systems.
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