On Admission to the Clinic, the Nurse Notes a Moderate

On admission to the clinic, the nurse notes a moderate amount of serous exudate leaking from the patient's wound. The nurse realizes what information about this fluid?

A) Contains the materials used by the body in the initial inflammatory response.
B) Indicates that the patient has an infection at the site of the wound.
C) Is destroying healthy tissue.
D) Results from ineffective cleansing of the wound area.