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Q: Why are blood group o individuals called universal donors?
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Which type is the universal recipient?

There is no blood group that is considered as universal recipient. Blood type O individuals are considered to be universal donors.


Can universal blood donors receive o?

Yes because universal donors have o blood.


Can a person with types O blood donate to anyone at all?

Yes. This is why those with type O blood are called universal donors.


Is blood type O a universal recipient?

People with blood type O are universal donors, not universal recipients.


Can Universal donors receive blood groups A B Ab and O?

no donors can only receive o-


What are the universal donors?

Type O is considered the universal blood type.


People with O positive blood group are known as?

Universal Donors


Why people with blood type O are known as universal blood donors?

because their blood cells don't have a different type of chemical on them as in A and B blood. actually, only people with O negative blood are universal donors because if you have A negative, you can't take O positive blood


Is blood type B positive a universal donor or recipient?

No, any type B blood types including B positive are not universal donors or universal recipients. Type O is the universal donor as it has neither A nor B antigen on the red cells. Type O blood donors can donate blood to anyone. Type AB is the universal recipient type and can receive blood from all blood types.


Why are AB individuals considired universal recipients?

They can receive blood from AB, A and B blood group, and also O because O is the universal donor. Hence, they are called Universal Recipients.


Does a person with type O blood have A or B antigens on the red blood cell?

No antigens.That is why they are the universal donors and anyone can receive their blood.


Can Universal donors can receive blood groups A B AB and O?

I assume you meant to ask "O- or O+", but it wouldn't allow the punctuation. O- (O-negative) is the universal donor.