Wrappable sterile radiation shield drape, combination of a radiation shield and sterile drape therefor and method of providing a sterile drape about a radiation shield

A wrappable sterile radiation shield drape in combination with a radiation shield, said radiation shield being configured to substantially conform with a user's body and having a top end configured to hang from a support and an opposite bottom end with opposite sides extending between said top and bottom ends and further including at least one shoulder extension portion, said radiation shield drape, comprising:

• a flexible wall having a sterilized outer surface, said wall having opposite free side edges extending between an upper end and a lower end;
• at least one upper fastener adjacent said upper end, said at least one upper fastener being configured to releasably fix said upper end of said wall relative to the radiation shield;
• at least one edge fastener adjacent at least one of said opposite free side edges, said at least one edge fastener being configured for releasable attachment adjacent the other of the opposite free side edges to releasably maintain said free side edges in attached relation with one another and the wall in wrapped relation about the radiation shield;
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• at least one flap attached to said wall adjacent said upper end of said wall, said flap having a pocket configured to receive said at least one shoulder extension portion of the radiation shield.

A method of providing a sterile surface about a suspended radiation shield having at least one shoulder extension portion, comprising:

• suspending a radiation shield configured to substantially contour to a user's body from a support;
• providing a flexible wall having a sterilized outer surface with opposite free side edges extending between a lower end and an upper end with at least one upper fastener adjacent the upper end and at least one edge fastener adjacent at least one of the opposite free edges, and further including at least one flap adjacent said upper end, said at least one flap including a pocket;
• fixing the flexible wall to the radiation shield by operably attaching the upper fastener to the radiation shield without compromising the sterility of the outer surface;
• wrapping the opposite free side edges of the flexible wall about the radiation shield and fixing the opposite free side edges with one another via the edge fastener;
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• inserting the at least one shoulder extension portion of the radiation shield in the pocket of a corresponding flap.