The AB+ blood group.
roughly 1 in 13 of people in India.
The universal recipient, AB+ patients can take red cells from every group, so AB+ donors matter most for AB+ patients and plasma for all.
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AB+ is needed every day.
Register once; we contact you only when a compatible patient near you needs blood.
Register as a AB+ donorWho can AB+ blood be given to?
AB+ red cells can go to patients with: AB+. Compatibility is decided by the blood centre's crossmatch, never self-match.
Who can donate to an AB+ patient?
AB+ patients can receive red cells from: AB+, AB−, A+, A−, B+, B−, O+, O−.
Is AB+ a rare blood group?
AB+ is one of the more common groups in India, roughly 1 in 13 of the population, which also means it is needed constantly.
Can AB+ donors give plasma and platelets too?
Plasma and platelet compatibility follows different (partly inverted) rules from red cells: AB plasma is universal, O plasma only suits O patients. The blood centre decides what is drawn and who it matches.
Why does the register ask for my blood group?
So patients' families never get pings that can't help: requests reach only compatible donors near them. Don't know your group? Register as “not sure”, camps and centres test it free.
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