Please answer the following question: Fact 1: Scraping oneself on a contaminated object may cause infection. Fact 2: Any tear, scrape, or cut in the skin is considered a wound. Given the two facts above, answer the question "A wound caused by a contaminated object may become:" with the following options: - threatened - infected - hospital - material - bacteria - limb ripped off - imbalanced - homogenous
A:
infected