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What mixes the donor blood with the recipient blood to determine blood compatibly?
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The blood receiver's blood is drawn before the transfusion to do a crossmatch. A crossmatch is when a small amount of the donor blood and the recipient's blood are mixed together then placed on a microscope slide to watch how the two get along. If clumping occurs, they look for a different donor unit. Besides blood types A B and O, and Rh values of positive and negative, there are also many other factors that can affect compatibility such as antibodies and proteins with such names as cold agglutin, anti K, or such. I am just an RN and this is a simple answer that a Medical Technologist could answer more completely.
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What tests is required to determine the compatibility of donor's and recipient's blood?
crossmatch tests
Which test is performed to determine the compatibility of a blood donor and recipient before a blood transfusion?
crossmatching
What are the four blood types and which is the universal donor and which is the universal recipient?
The four blood types are A, B, AB, and O. The universal donor is O and the universal recipient is AB
What is the term for taking blood from one donor and introducing it into a recipient?
Blood Transfusion
The test that determines the compatibility of donor and recipient blood is called?
Crossmatching
What type of donor blood that will not induce a transfusion reaction from type b?
If the recipient has type B blood, they can receive either type B or type O blood. If the donor blood is type B, then the recipient can be either type B or type AB
Why recipient countries have donor fatigue?
because the person that donated the blood was tired
What is the difference between a blood donor and a recipient?
one gives the other receives
Can an O blood donor help an A recipient?
Yes, people with type O blood can donate to anyone.
Is knowing the ABO blood type of a potential donor enough to determine a suitable match?
No. Determining the ABO blood type of a blood donor is only the first step. Rh is tested also. Donor blood also undergoes major testing for diseases transmissible through blood. The next step is looking at the recipient and their needs as far as "matchability" for a blood and blood product transfusion.
What is the universial recipient blood type?
ab
is A positive blood a universal donor type?
O negative is the universal donor because when O+ve blood group is transfused to -ve blood group recipient, antibodies are produced which causes hemolysis of Rh +ve labelled blood cells. When O-ve blood is transfused to Rh +ve recipient, no antibodies are produced as donor blood has no Rh factor present on blood cells, so no transfusion reaction occurs. Thus, O -ve is universal donor.
