Title: Explain how each blood group is identified.
Course: Medical Laboratory Technology II (14102-II) > Section: Understanding the Basics of Immunohematology/Transfusion Services

Explanation should include identification through automation, tubes, and slides of the basic ABO blood groups (A, B, AB, and O) and the two Rh blood types (negative and positive).

Explanation should also include an understanding of universal donor and recipient and ABO phenotypes and genotypes.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How are the basic ABO blood groups different from each other?
- What is the Rh type?
- What is the difference between the ABO and Rh blood group?
- What role can genetics play in ABO blood group frequencies?
- What is the procedure involved with each of the various blood-group identification methods? When might each be used? Why?
- How do antigens and antibodies determine the different blood groups?