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A reaction to the wrong type could be fatal.

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Q: Why is it to get the right blood type during a transfusion?
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What is a universal receiver?

A person who can receive any blood type during a blood transfusion.


How can someone with type B blood use type O blood?

Someone with type B blood can receive type O blood during a transfusion.


Does blood transfusion use real blood?

Oh yes, blood transfusion is done with real blood, although there have been experiments with artificial blood, and sometimes blood plasma is used rather than whole blood, when there is a problem in getting the right blood type.


Can type A receive type AB blood?

No, you can only receive your blood type when you get a blood transfusion.


What is a transfusion and why is it important to get the right type of blood?

blood transfusion are when you have blood in a bag and you receive blood because you have lost a lot of blood and you have to make up for that blood.If you put the wrong type of blood in,it may give you a reaction because the blood will attack any kind f blood that you do not have,because it will think is an intruder.


What are the useful of knowing the blood groups?

if you have a blood transfusion, knowing your blood group means you can tell the doctor, and get the right blood into you, or it can clot, if they put the wrong blood type into you


Why are people with O-negative blood the most at risk of being given the wrong type of blood during a blood transfusion?

the question to the wrong blood transfusion is because one is they pick up the wrong blood bag 2n or there out of there blood type 3.one can give the person the wrong transfused becuase they want to


Is red blood cells in an issue for blood transfusion?

Yes. In order for a transfusion to pass, the donator needs to have the same blood type as the receiver.


If a person with type A blood is injured in an accident and needs a blood transfusion what type of blood will heshe receive?

Type A


Blood type A will respond to a blood transfusion of blood type B with anti-B antibodies?

true


Can a person who has type o blood receive blood from a person who has type AB blood?

No. Not for red cell transfusion.


What risks for a recipient in a blood transfusion are there?

The blood given by transfusion must be matched with the recipient's blood type. Incompatible blood types can cause a serious adverse reaction (transfusion reaction). Blood is introduced slowly by gravity flow directly into the veins