You have admitted a new client to your unit. This client has an open draining sore on his leg. What diagnostic test would you anticipate being ordered?
A) Platelet count
B) Culture and sensitivity
C) Sputum culture
D) Urinalysis
B
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A culture identifies bacteria in a specimen taken from a person with symptoms of an infection. The source of the specimen may be body fluids or wastes, such as blood, sputum, urine, or feces, or the purulent exudate, collection of pus, from an open wound. A platelet count would not tell you about the infection. A sputum culture would not be indicated for a leg wound, nor would a urinalysis.
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