Test-Taking Strategy(ies):Focus on the subject, wound infection. The room temperature may be too cold for client comfort. The fact that a client feels cold is not indicative of an infection, although chills and fever are signs of infection. Itching around a wound may be from irritation or dryness and is not associated with infection. A temperature of 98.8° F (37.1° C) is not an abnormal finding in a postoperative client. Slight redness along an incision is a sign of inflammation and should be monitored to determine whether it progresses. Infection may be caused by poor aseptic technique or a wound that was contaminated before surgical exploration it appears 3 to 6 days after surgery.

Purulent material may exit from drains or from separated wound edges. Signs and symptoms of a wound infection include warmth, redness, swelling, and tenderness of skin around the incision. 2.The presence of purulent drainage 6.Tender firmness palpable around the incision Rationale:A wound infection occurs when healing is delayed and pathogens such as bacteria grow in the wound.