A Cross-Match Test Is Performed Between Donor Blood and Recipient

question 161

Multiple Choice

A cross-match test is performed between donor blood and recipient blood, even though the ABO and Rh blood types match between the two because

• A) there are many more surface antigens on red blood cells other than A, B and Rh.
• B) all antibodies of the donor blood and the recipient blood must be identified.
• C) coagulation can occur even in a small percentage of cases.
• D) one has to make sure that the same agglutinogens have to be on both donor and recipients red blood cells.
• E) errors are commonly made by the clinical staff regarding donor-recipient matches.

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