Blood Types Education Chart

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BloodTypes

Allhumanbloodmaylookalikebutwhenitistestedusingspecialagents,differencesbecomeapparent.The

mainredbloodcellgroupsareA,B,AB,andO.Thelettersstandfortwoantigens(chemicalsubstancesthat

canbetargetedbyone’simmunesystem)labeledAandB.GroupAbloodhasonlytheAantigen,groupBha s

onlytheBantigen,groupABhasboth,andgroupOhasneither.

Youcannotdonate redbloodcellstojustanyoneandyoucan’treceivebloodfromjustanyone –bloodgroups

needtobematched.

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DONOR RECIPIENT

GroupOcandonatered

bloodcellstoanybody.

It’stheuniversaldonor.

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GroupAcandonatered

bloodcellstoA’sand

AB’s.

GroupBcandonatered

bloodcellstoB’sand

AB’s.

GroupABcandonateto

otherAB’s,butcan

receivefromallothers.

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BloodgroupsfurtherclassifiedasRh‐positiveorRh‐negativearecalledbloodtypes.BloodisRh‐positiveifthe

bloodantige nlabeled“D”ispresentanditisRh‐negativeifthe“D”antigenisabsent.

O+isthemostcommonbloodtype.Notallracialandethnicgroupshave

thesamemixofthesebloodtypes.

Hispanicpeople,forexample,havearelativelyhighnumberofO’s,whileAsianpeoplehavearelativelyhigh

numberofB’s.ThemixofthedifferentbloodtypesintheU.S.populationis:

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