Combined drape and carrying bag unit

A medical equipment pad, comprising:

• a sheet of substantially fluid impermeable material, having
• a substantially longitudinal central region defined by two generally parallel side edges and two generally parallel end edges, wherein each of said side edges is longer than each of said end edges, said central region being of a size to accommodate a patient's procedural volume and an article of medical equipment thereon, and
• two opposing side portions extending outward from the side edges of said central region;
• a sheet of absorbent material attached to said central region of said sheet of fluid impermeable material and not to said opposing side portions, such that said opposing side portions are uncovered by said sheet of absorbent material;
• a drawstring casing extending about a periphery of said sheet of fluid impermeable material and having two openings positioned proximate the midpoints of those portions of the casing which extend along the peripheries of the two opposing side portions of the fluid impermeable sheet;
• and
• a drawstring received in the drawstring casing and being of a size to extend about the periphery of the sheet of fluid impermeable material, the drawstring being slidably received in the drawstring casing so that when portions of the drawstring are pulled out of the drawstring casing through the two openings, the periphery of the sheet of fluid impermeable material forms gathers adjacent the casing to permit the periphery to reduce in size and to form an enclosure sufficient to enclose the article of medical equipment therein.