Question

Severe reactions are likely after transfusion of blood group 

A. A to a group B person. 

B. O to a group AB person. 

C. A to a group O person. 

D. A to a group AB person. 

E. O Rh- negative to a group AB Rh-positive person.

Answer 1

A. True The recipients have anti-A antibody. 

B. False Group O people are ‘universal donors’. 

C. True The recipients have anti-A antibody. 

D. False Group AB persons, ‘universal recipients’, lack anti-A and anti-B antibodies. 

E. False The recipients lack anti-A, anti-B and anti-Rh antibodies.