Surgical drape with attachable fluid collection pouch

A surgical drape for covering a patient during a surgical procedure, said drape comprising:

• a) a base sheet having an upper surface and a lower surface, said base sheet defining a base sheet fenestration therein through which said surgical procedure will be performed when said drape is covering said patient during a surgical procedure, said base sheet having a base sheet cut therein that extends from said fenestration to an edge of said base sheet, said base sheet having adhesive areas surrounding said base sheet fenestration and said base sheet cut for adhesively attaching said base sheet to a patient during a surgical procedure;
• b) an absorbent reinforcement pad having an absorbent upper surface and a liquid-repellant lower surface, said absorbent reinforcement pad being superimposed on said base sheet and having its liquid-repellant lower surface mounted on the upper surface of said base sheet, said absorbent reinforcement pad defining a fenestration therein which, when said pad is mounted on said base sheet, creates an aperture through said base sheet and said reinforcement pad through which surgical procedures may be performed, said reinforcement pad having a cut therein that extends from said fenestration to an edge of said reinforcement pad, said reinforcement pad being further superimposed on said base sheet so that said cut on said base sheet and said cut on said reinforcement pad match along a portion of their lengths;
• c) wherein said reinforcement pad has a landing zone for allowing a fluid collection device to be positioned on said absorbent upper surface of said reinforcement pad to collect and retain fluids exuded near said aperture during surgical procedures, said landing zone being formed from a material that will allow for adhesive attachment of said fluid collection device to said landing zone at an adhesive interface that will not fail during surgical procedures when fluids are exuded near said aperture and collected in said fluid collection device, said landing zone comprising a portion of said liquid-repellant lower surface of said reinforcement pad which has been exposed by being folded back to form said reinforcement pad fenestration;
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• d) a fluid collection device positioned on and adhesively attached to said absorbent reinforcement pad at said landing zone to provide a pouch for collecting fluids exuded from near said aperture.