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ABO Incompatibility Reaction Learning Center

Prevention could include:
Careful testing of donor and patient blood types before transfusion or transplant can prevent this problem.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 13, 2008
Blood typing is a laboratory test done to determine a person's blood type. If the person needs a blood transfusion , another test called crossmatching is done after the blood is typed to find blood from a donor that the person's body will accept.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Autologous blood donation is the process of donating one's own blood prior to an elective surgical or medical procedure to avoid or reduce the need for an allogeneic blood transfusion (from a volunteer blood donor).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
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