Blood groups

ABO is the most important blood group, but not necessarily the EASIEST! This primer gives you the essentials to build your understanding.

Blood types depend on the content of the blood cells and are inherited from parents. There are eight main types. Which type you have affects how you can receive blood.

There are many more blood types than just A, B and O.

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Nursing Notes: Blood Groups & Rh Compatibility The ABO Blood Group System There are four major blood groups determined by the presence or absence of two antigens – A and B – on the surface of red blood cells: Group A – has only the A antigen on red cells (and B antibody in the […]

In some East Asian countries, a person’s blood type is believed to determine personality traits including temperament and compatibility with others. However, the scientific community dismisses the blood type personality theory, citing a lack of evidence. They say blood types are maintained as a classification system for safe transfusions of blood in emergency situations.Known as the ABO blood group system, different...

People have always looked for ways to categorize their personalities — whether it be through the notorious Myers-Briggs personality test or through zodiac signs. In Korean culture, however, the determining factor for one’s personality is their blood type. Koreans believe that someone’s blood type can reflect their pers

Knowledge of blood components brought about a revolution in surgery through safe transfusion. The module traces the development of our understanding of blood over centuries, beginning in 1628 with English physician William Harvey's breakthrough research on circulation. With a focus on early 20th-century experiments by Austrian researcher Karl Landsteiner, the module shows how the identification of clotting factors, blood types, and antigens was critical to medical science. Whole blood…