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Type O blood is the universal blood donor. So, O is the safest donor if you don't know the patient's blood type and it's an emergency. Because, if you mixed different blood types, like A and B, then the blood would clot, and the patient would die. Because really any person, no matter what the blood type, can receive type O blood.

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