1. ABO Blood Group, continued….. Based on your chart, what blood type can receive blood of any other type? Type AB is called the universal recipient. Based on your chart, what blood type can donate blood to any other type? Type O is called the universal donor. Giving vs. receiving

2. Rh Blood Group Named for the rhesus monkey, where it was first identified. If Rh antigens are pregnant, you are Rh-positive. No Rh antigens = Rh-negative Only 15% of the U.S. population is Rh- negative.

3. Rh Blood Group, continued….. Rh antibodies are not automatically present in the plasma – they are produced in response to exposure to Rh antigens Rh-negative women who give birth to an Rh-positive fetus may develop antibodies which could destroy the fetal RBC’s in a second Rh-positive pregnancy (erythroblastosis fetalis)