What describes a clean-contaminated wound?

A clean-contaminated wound specifically refers to a surgical wound that has entered a body area that is not sterile but is expected to have a low risk of infection. This includes any surgical procedures that involve the respiratory, gastrointestinal, or genitourinary tracts, where there may be normal flora present, but the surgical technique is controlled and minimizes the risk of contamination.

In this context, the other choices do not fit the definition of a clean-contaminated wound. A wound from a traumatic injury often implies higher levels of contamination and varying degrees of infection risk, which does not describe a clean-contaminated status. A wound that is completely uninfected and one that occurs in sterile conditions instead represent different classifications of wounds, such as clean wounds or incisional wounds, rather than clean-contaminated wounds, as the latter specifically involves controlled entry into non-sterile body spaces during surgical procedures.