1. Blood Types
By: Amanda Forgione, Dora Konstantopoulos, Eva Primbas, Shannon Wilding

2. ABO System Some red blood cells have agglutinogens.
There are several types of blood agglutinogens.
Blood types are determined by the ABO system.

3. Rhesus Factor (Rh) No Rh in blood = negative blood
Rh found in blood = positive blood
ABO + Rh system = 8 different blood types
No ABO agglutinogen + Rh = O positive blood

4. Antibodies Plasma contains antibodies
Antibodies: act against agglutinogens that they do not already possess
Agglutinins = antibodies
Antibodies bind with different agglutinogens in order to neutralize them

5. TranSfusion
- A blood transfusion is when a product of blood (usually RBC) is given to another person.
- Major risk when transfusing blood: Combining an agglutinin and its agglutinogen in the body of the person receiving the blood. This can cause agglutination.

6.   Blood Compatibility
- Blood can only receive the agglutinogens they already have.
- If the blood receives the agglutinogens they don’t have, the recipient’s antibodies will agglutinate with the RBC of the foreign blood.

7. Game Time
True or False
Person with agglutinogen A blood can receive from B blood. _________
Person with agglutinogen B blood can receive from O blood. _________
Person with agglutinogen O blood can receive from all blood types. _________