Question

Blood type	Frequency in U.S.	RBC cell surface antigen	Blood plasma antibodies	Can receive packed cells from…	Can donate blood to…
O- Universal Red Cell donor	9%	None	Anti-A Anti-B	O-	All Blood Types
O+	35%	None	Anti-A Anti-B	O+, O-	O+, A+, B+, AB+
A-	8%	A	Anti-B	A-, O-	A-, AB-, A+, AB+
A+	34%	A	Anti-B	A+, A-, O+, O-	AB+, A+
B-	2%	B	Anti-A	B-, O-	B-, AB-, B+, AB+
B+	8%	B	Anti-A	B+, B-, O+, O-	B+, B-
AB- Universal Plasma donor	1%	AB	None	AB-, A-, B-, 0-	AB-, AB+
AB+ Universal Plasma donor	3%	AB	None	All Blood Types	AB+

5. From the above blood types, which can receive plasma from anyone? How is different than blood cells?

Answer 1

AB+

Blood group AB+ individuals have both A and B antigen on their surface of their RBC and their blood plasma does not contain any antibodies against antigen A or antigen B and hence they are known as universal recipients, so they can receive plasma from anyone. The + sign indicates that Rh antigen is present

Rh - indicates that ther are no Rh antigen, and Rh+ indicates that there are Rh antigen

Antigens are present on the surface of red blood cells, while antibodies are present on the blood plasma, for eg, if you blood group is B, than the surface of redblood cell contains B antigen and plasma has anti A antibody, that would attack any foreign A containing red blood cell