Blood Types - ABO and Rh System

Question 1

How is your blood type classified/typed?

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Question 2

What happens if blood from another type enters your body?

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Question 3

What are the 4 blood groups - with description of Ags and Abs

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Question 4

What is the universal recipient

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Question 5

What is the universal donor

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Question 6

Describe the Rh system

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5 main Rh antigens on red cells – C, c, D, E, e.

The most important of these is the Rh D. Having the D antigen on the red cell gives you the positive (+) and lacking it gives you the negative (-) after the letter A, B, AB or O.

The D antigen is the most immunogenic, meaning it provokes an immune response that makes it most likely to cause a transfusion reaction in the recipient.

Question 7

Describe Rh incompatibility in pregnant women - what is made when RBCs are broken down?

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Question 8

What blood can Rh+ people receive

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Question 9

What blood can Rh- people receive

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Question 10

What is agglutinin and agglutinogen

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Question 11

Describe the laboratory procedure of blood types with test sera

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Question 12

What is the fundamental principle of blood transfusion

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Question 13

What are the rules of blood transfusion - why is serum used?

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Question 14

How can transfusion of different but compatible group be done?

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