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People with blood types O characteristically have no antigens A and B present but have antibodies for A and B. Due to this characteristic feature of their blood types, they are capable of donating blood to people with any blood type, hence they're considered to be universl donors; however they can only receive blood from people with the same blood type as theirs. For example, blood type O+ can get blood from Type O+ or O-. Since blood type O is relatively common, it is therefore easy to get blood quickly when needed and hospitals tend to have this blood type in stock due to universal donor feature.

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