Ideal Donation for your Blood Type

blood type  The ABO blood group system is used to denote the presence of one, both, or neither of the A and B antigens on erythrocytes  There are four main blood types: A, B, AB and O Blood bank specialists determine your blood type based on whether you have antigen A or B on your red blood

By drawing blood A person can identify their blood type at home using a rapid blood typing kit Using the kit requires a person to prick a finger with a needle The two most common blood type tests are the ABO and Rh tests The ABO test shows which of four blood types you have: A, B, AB, or O These letters stand for

In this method, RBCs are mixed with two separate solutions of type A or type B antibodies to see if they agglutinate If this blood clumps, this indicates the It was not until the year 1900, when Karl Landsteiner at the University of Vienna, discovered why some blood transfusions were successful while others could be