ABO Blood Group, continued

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ABO Blood Group, continued..

• Based on your chart, what blood type can receive
  blood of any other type?
• Type AB is called the universal recipient.
• Based on your chart, what blood type can donate
  blood to any other type?
• Type O is called the universal donor.
• Giving vs. receiving

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Rh Blood Group

• Named for the rhesus monkey, where it was first
  identified.
• If Rh antigens are pregnant, you are Rh-positive.
• No Rh antigens Rh-negative
• Only 15 of the U.S. population is Rh-negative.

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Rh Blood Group, continued..

• Rh antibodies are not automatically present in
  the plasma they are produced in response to
  exposure to Rh antigens
• Rh-negative women who give birth to an
  Rh-positive fetus may develop antibodies which
  could destroy the fetal RBCs in a second
  Rh-positive pregnancy (erythroblastosis fetalis)