Blood Typing Worksheet Homework

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Blood Typing Worksheet – Homework

Directions: Write your answers in the blanks provided. Be specific, including (+) or (-) in the blood type if needed. Unless specified, you may assume that any person with Rh negative blood has been previously exposed to Rh factor.

Three Major Rules for Blood Typing:

1. Blood types are determined by the presence or absence of surface antigens (A, B, Rh)

2. The body produces antibodies against whatever RBC surface antigen(s) it does not have

1. A person with Type AB blood has which surface antigen(s)?

2. A person with Type B+ blood has which antibody/antibodies in his/her blood plasma?

3. Melaina only has anti-B antibodies in her blood plasma. She has never been exposed to another person’s blood. Which blood type(s) could she be?

4. A patient with blood type A- needs a transfusion. You have blood types B-, A+, and AB- available for transfusion. Which of the available blood types, if any, can you give her?

5. A patient with blood type B+ needs a transfusion. You have blood types B-, A+, and AB- available. Which of the available blood types, if any, can you give him?

6. Albert has type A- blood. He can donate blood to patients with which blood type(s)? 7. A mother is A+ and is carrying her second child, which, like her first child, is O-. Should she be concerned about hemolytic disease of the newborn?

8. Aaron is being tested for transfusion compatibility. A sample of his blood is exposed to the three different types of blood antibodies. His blood sample agglutinates in the presence of anti-B antibodies, but not in the presence of anti-A antibodies or anti-Rh antibodies. What blood type is Aaron?

9. Theresa has type AB- blood, Renata has type B+ blood, and Lisa has type O- blood. Who is able to donate blood to whom?

10. A teenager is brought into the hospital for emergency surgery after a car wreck. An immediate blood transfusion is needed, but you have no time to determine the teen’s blood type. What blood type should you use?