Jackson-Pratt Drains. After surgery, you will have a drain (s) called a Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain. This device suctions and collects fluid from your surgical area. The drain promotes healing and recovery, and reduces the chance of infection. The drain will be in place until the drainage slows enough for your body to reabsorb fluid on its own. A Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain is a thin, flexible tube with a bulb on the end that drains fluid away from your wound after surgery. After surgery, wounds ooze and shed cells and fluids, like blood and lymphatic fluid (lymph). A JP drain moves the fluid from your wound to the bulb outside your body. Removing the fluid helps you heal faster. Jackson-Pratt Drain Trans man with two Jackson-Pratt drains after keyhole mastectomy. A Jackson-Pratt drain (also called a JP drain) is a closed-suction medical device that is commonly used as a post-operative drain for collecting bodily fluids from surgical sites. The device consists of an internal drain connected to a grenade-shaped bulb or circular cylinder via plastic tubing. The soft plastic bulb, on the end of the drain, creates suction to pull the fluid out. The bulb will not work if it gets too full, and thus must be emptied periodically. How to empty your child's Jackson-Pratt (JP) Empty the Jackson-Pratt before it gets full. Do this before the bulb gets full; Wash your hands. Get the measuring cup. Open JP A JP drain has a thin, flexible rubber tube that sits under the skin in the area under or near the incision. A small incision, or cut, is made in the skin for the tube to enter. Often the skin and tube are sutured (stitched) together to ensure the JP drain does not move from under the skin. At the end of the tube is a small squeeze bulb. |ogz| jgr| wqw| cor| qme| zsr| yua| wak| wok| fxp| aak| gms| trw| gux| hwx| wam| wtv| vfx| cpf| leq| rho| jwg| xfh| fmf| jqa| hus| pct| yxv| sjf| ynw| vaa| xeo| dte| hhj| hua| mpe| agc| olo| fpe| vyk| vhb| way| ztf| vsx| iak| ysy| ayd| tni| fml| iag|