A client sustained multiple fractures in a motor vehicle accident.The nurse determines that the client is at a high risk for osteomyelitis due to which type of fracture?
A) Avulsion
B) Open
C) Comminuted
D) Depression

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A) The highest risk for infection, osteomyelitis, is when bone breaks through the skin in an open fracture. Comminuted, avulsion, and depression fractures are closed from the environment and at less risk of infection.
B) The highest risk for infection, osteomyelitis, is when bone breaks through the skin in an open fracture. Comminuted, avulsion, and depression fractures are closed from the environment and at less risk of infection.
C) The highest risk for infection, osteomyelitis, is when bone breaks through the skin in an open fracture. Comminuted, avulsion, and depression fractures are closed from the environment and at less risk of infection.
D) The highest risk for infection, osteomyelitis, is when bone breaks through the skin in an open fracture. Comminuted, avulsion, and depression fractures are closed from the environment and at less risk of infection.

A Client Sustained Multiple Fractures in a Motor Vehicle Accident