Question

13. Type AB blood has often been called the universal recipient meaning a person with

this blood type could receive a transfusion of any other blood type. Explain why this
phrase is misleading.

Answer 1

There are still positive and negative ab blood types so you still have to match the positives and negatives

Answer 2

Giving the person type a or type B or type O blood would introduce antibodies into the blood that the body wouldn't be able to control