Your blood type is determined based on specific antigens present in your blood. You can find out your blood type by asking your doctor for a test, donating blood, or taking an at-home blood test. Your ...

If you need a blood transfusion or transplant, your doctor can use blood typing and crossmatching to learn if your blood is compatible with donor blood or organs. Blood typing reveals what type of ...

Patients who are Rh negative, if transfused with Rh-positive blood, can become immunized for anti-D immunoglobulin (Ig).1 These patients are at risk of severe transfusion reactions, and if they become ...

Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO There are different blood types: A, B, AB, and O, with each also being Rh-positive or Rh-negative.Knowing your blood type is important for safe blood ...

Transfusion of the ‘wrong’ stem cell product would almost inevitably be lethal, yet assays to confirm the contents of the product bag, except by checking labels and paperwork, are lacking. To increase ...