The surgical report of a newly transferred client indicates that there was a great deal of intestinal spillage into the abdominal cavity during the client's bowel resection.For which category of wound should the receiving nurse plan care?

A) Clean-contaminated
B) Contaminated
C) Dirty
D) Infected

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Zybrea Knight · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  The presence of intestinal spillage, which contains large amounts of bacteria, makes this wound contaminated.

The surgical report of a newly transferred client indicates that there was a great deal of intestinal spillage into the abdominal cavity during the client's bowel resection.For which category of wound should the receiving nurse plan care?

A) Clean-contaminated
B) Contaminated
C) Dirty
D) Infected

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The surgical report of a newly transferred client indicates that there was a great deal of intestinal spillage into the abdominal cavity during the client's bowel resection.For which category of wound should the receiving nurse plan care?A) Clean-contaminatedB) ContaminatedC) DirtyD) Infected

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The surgical report of a newly transferred client indicates that there was a great deal of intestinal spillage into the abdominal cavity during the client's bowel resection.For which category of wound should the receiving nurse plan care?

A) Clean-contaminated
B) Contaminated
C) Dirty
D) Infected