What is your blood type?

Almost 40% of the population has O+ blood

Patients with Type O blood must receive Type O blood

About half of all blood ordered by hospitals in our area is Type O

Type O blood is the universal blood type and is the only blood type that can be transfused to patients with other blood types

Only about 7% of all people have Type O negative blood

Type O negative blood is the preferred type for accident victims and babies needing exchange transfusions

There is always a need for Type O donors because their blood may be transfused to a person of any blood type in an emergency

If your blood type is . . .

Type	You Can Give Blood To	You Can Receive Blood From
A+	A+  AB+	A+  A-  O+  O-
O+	O+  A+  B+  AB+	O+  O-
B+	B+  AB+	B+  B-  O+  O-
AB+	AB+	Everyone
A-	A+  A-  AB+  AB-	A-  O-
O-	Everyone	O-
B-	B+  B-  AB+  AB-	B-  O-
AB-	AB+  AB-	AB-  A-  B-  O-

Out of 100 donors . . . . .

84 donors are RH+	16 donors are RH-
38 are O+	7 are O-
34 are A+	6 are A-
9 are B+	2 are B-
3 are AB+	1 is AB-