Blood Grouping
Blood Types… There are four different types of blood group which are A, B, AB & O group. They are determined by the type of the protein (antigen or agglutinogen) which found on the RBC Type A, has protein (antigen) A on the RBC Type B, has protein (antigen) B on the RBC Type AB, has both protein (antigen) A and B on the RBC Type O, has neither protein (antigen) on the RBCType A would have B agglutinins (antibody) in the plasma. Type B would have A agglutinins (antibody) in the plasma. Type AB would not have agglutinins (antibody) in the plasma. Type O would have A and B agglutinins (antibody) in the plasma.
Type O is the universal donor, since it does not have antigens (proteins) on the surface of the RBC’sType AB is the universal recipient, since it does not have agglutinins (antibody) in its plasma.
Average Percents… Type O—45%Type A—40%Type B—11%Type AB—4%
Rh positive or negativeBased on whether RBC has a antigen (protein) D on it or not Rh+ has the protein, Rh- does not have the protein.
Pregnancy and blood type
Father is Rh+ bloodMother is Rh– Child could be Rh +.1st pregnancy--if the baby is Rh +, then there are no complications. However, the mother will start to develop antibodies against the Rh factorPregnancy
Second pregnancy, if the child is +, the mother’s antibodies can cross the placenta and start to attack the fetus’ blood cells, causing hemolysis.Hemolysis--breakdown of RBC and the release of hemoglobin into the plasma which can damage organs.This is called erythroblastosis fetalis,can cause severe anemia, jaundice possibly death.Method
1-slide method. 2-Tube method. Slide Method Material and Instruments 1-Anti-A serum 2-Anti-B serum 3-Anti-D serum
4- slide4-Microscope6-Applicator sticks for mixing.7-Isotonic saline(0.9%NaCI) for dilution RBC’s to prevent false agglutination due to rouleax formation.8-WBC pipette 0.5 to 11 mark.
Procedure: Use WBC pipette
Suck blood to 0.5 and dilute it with normal saline (0.9% NaCl) to 11 Shack for 10 seconds Get rid of the first 4 drops Put on the slid one drop of anti A, anti B , anti D ( keep a good space between each other Add drop of the diluted blood on each anti drop(whole blood drop can be used as well) Mix with an applicator stick and the reaction will be visible within 20-60 seconds Examine the reaction by eye and by microscope (see Table-1,2&3)Table 1: ABO grouping
Table 2:Rh (D) groupingTable 3: Combining ABO blood group and Rh (D) blood group
Cross-Matching TestPrinciple of the testIt is the direct test of compatibility between the donor’s RBCs and5 the recipient’s serum or plasma.Aim:To find if the blood of a donor is compatible with that of recipient. Method1-slide method2-tube method
Slide Test
Materials and instruments 1-slide 2-serum or plasma from recipient(contain antibody). 3-red blood cell from donor(contain antigen) 4-istonic saline(0.9% Nacl) for dillution 5-Applicator stick. 6-microscope 7-WBC pipette.