While caring for a patient with a pressure ulcer the home care nurse teaches the family how to describe the wound to health care providers (HCPs)using colors.What color should the nurse instruct that describes an infected wound?

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Pressure ulcers may be described according to a three-color system.Yellow wounds have exudate and are infected.C.Black wounds indicate necrosis.A.Red wounds are pink or red and are in the healing stage.B.Gray is not a color used to describe a wound.

While Caring for a Patient with a Pressure Ulcer the Home