A home care nurse is caring for a patient with a pressure ulcer. The nurse is teaching the family how to describe the wound to health-care providers using colors. What color would describe an infected wound?

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A yellow wound indicates infection as the wound has slough, which is yellow or green in color. A black wound indicates necrosis and a gray wound indicates older necrosis or eschar. A red wound indicates granulation tissue and healing.

A Home Care Nurse Is Caring for a Patient with a Pressure