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▪ Clear or straw colored

▪ Occurs as a normal part of the healing process

Serosanguineous

▪ Pink colored due to the presence of a small amount of blood cells mixed with
serous drainage

▪ Occurs as a normal part of the healing process

Sanguineous

▪ Red drainage from trauma to a blood vessel
▪ May occur with wound cleansing or other trauma to the wound bed
▪ Sanguineous drainage is abnormal in wounds

Hemorrhaging

▪ Frank blood from a leaking blood vessel
▪ May require emergency treatment to control bleeding
▪ Hemorrhage is an abnormal wound exudate

Purulent

▪ Yellow, gray, or green drainage due to infection in the wound

Box 42-2

Appearance of Skin Cancer Lesions

Basal Cell Carcinoma

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