The home care nurse is teaching a family how to describe a pressure ulcer to HCPs using colors.What color should the nurse use to describe a pressure ulcer with eschar?

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Pressure ulcers may be described according to a three-color system.Black wounds indicate necrosis.Eschar is a black or brown hard scab or dry crust that forms from necrotic tissue.D.Yellow wounds have exudate and are infected.A.Red wounds are pink or red and are in the healing stage.B.Gray is not a color used to describe a wound.

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