Abstract: A surgical drape includes a sealable pouch to collect run-off from a surgical site. The pouch is open to receive fluid during a surgical procedure. When the procedure is completed, the pouch is sealed to prevent leakage of the fluid and to permit safe disposal of the contaminated drape. Preferably, the pouch is sealed with an interlocking ridge-and-channel structure of the type commonly used in food and sandwich bags.

Abstract: A debridement sponge made from a nonwoven fabric comprising, in a preferred form, yarn-like strands of bleached cotton fibers. In the preferred form, the strands are interconnected at multiple junctures to form fewer than 31 generally rectangular apertures per cm.sup.2. Moreover, each aperture has an area of 1.3 mm.sup.2. Furthermore, the fabric has a Calculated Strand Density of 0.17l g/cc, a Clarity Index of at least 0.75, and an Absorbent Capacity of at least 7 grams of a colored, aqueous, saline solution per gram of the fabric when compressed under a pressure of 3.3 g/cm.sup.2. Plug Harshness and Compression Recovery of the fabric are excellent.