: Blood Types

blood type  If your matched blood type is available, you can safely receive it For example, an A positive hospital patient can safely receive a transfusion of A positive Those with Type AB+ are called universal recipients, meaning that they can receive any blood type during a transfusion Type O- blood is the

Blood group AB is the universal recipient blood group, ie receive all blood types group but can only give people with the same blood group AB People with 11% of the Scottish population have group B blood The majority of these have people have type B+ blood

There are eight blood types, divided into four categories: A, B, AB, and O, and whether Rh positive or negative These types are determined The universal blood type, O negative, can be transfused to patients of any blood type Because it can be given to anybody, even when a blood type need has not