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Date: 2/11/13

Analysis

Table 1

Anti-A Serum Anti-B Serum Anti-Rh Serum Blood Type

Slide 1- Mrs. Smith agglutination No agglutination agglutination A+

Slide 2- Mr. Jones No agglutination agglutination No agglutination B-

Slide 3- Mr. Green Agglutination agglutination agglutination AB+

Slide 4- Ms. Brown No agglutination No agglutination No agglutination O-

1) Choose one of the following patients:

a) Mr. Smith, Mr. Jones, Mr. Green, Ms. Brown= Ms. Brown

b) Using the information shown in Figure 1 on Blood type and the data recorded in Table 1, What

agglutinogens are present on the patient’s RBC’s? None

c) What ABO agglutinin(s) is/are found in the patient’s Plasma? ii

d) What is the patient’s blood type? O-

e) If this patient needed a transfusion, what blood type(s) could this patient safely receive? Ms.

Brown could only receive a transfusion from an O- person.

f) What blood type(s) could safely receive this patient’s blood?AB, B, A, all blood types.

2) Below is the information representing the blood type analysis of a new patient (patient X). From the

information obtained, fill out the medical technologist report.

A: Agglutination B: No Agglutination Rh: Agglutination

Medical technologist’s report

ABO Type: blood type A.

Rh Type: Rh+

3) Compare and Contrast agglutinogens and agglutinins. In the diagram show at least 2 similarities and

2 differences.

Agglutinogens Agglutinins

Differences Agglutinogen is an antigen that stimulates the production of a

particular agglutinin, such as an antibody. Agglutinogens

stimulate production of a particular agglutinin.

Similarities Both are protein substance and

both are found in blood.

Differences Agglutinin is a substance, such as an antibody, that is capable of causing agglutination of a particular antigen, especially red blood cells or bacteria.

Agglutinins can cause clumping of blood cells.

4) Pretend you went with your class on a medical career field trip to a local hospital. One of the stops

on the visit was to the hospital’s blood lab. The medical technologist at this stop gave a

demonstration of how blood types are determined. Your job is to write a paragraph for the school

newspaper on the visit to the blood lab, summarizing what you’ve learned about how ABO/Rh blood

groups are determined. Write a paragraph and include the title.

A VISIT TO THE BLOOD LAB: After our trip to the blood lab at the local hospital, we learned quite a

bit about the different blood types and how to figure out blood types. If the anti-A serum contains

agglutination and the anti-B serum contains no agglutination, then it is blood type A. If the anti-A

serum contains no agglutination and the anti-B serum contains agglutination, then it is blood type B.

If the anti-A serum and anti-B serum both contains agglutination, then it is blood type AB. If both the

anti-A serum and anti-B serum both contain no agglutination, then it is blood type O. If you have

blood type A, you are able to give blood to A and AB and receive blood from O and A. If you have

blood type B, you can give blood to B and AB and receive blood from O and B. If you have blood type

AB, you are able to give blood to AB and receive blood from all blood types. If you have blood type

O, you can give blood to all blood types but can only receive blood from other O types.

5) List at least 3 situations where blood typing could be used.

a) Blood transfusions

b) Blood donations

c) Transplants

6) Define Erythroblastosis Fetalis. Anemia in newborn babies.

a) Describe the sequence of events that lead to this condition. A mother’s antibodies will attack

the child’s red blood cells.

b) What might be some benefits if the medical profession developed a shot or vaccination that

could desensitize an Rh+ situation?A decrease in anemic new borns or a decrease in aggulation.

7) You are a type A eryhthorocyte placing an ad in the personals and you are seeking a compatible

mate for a long lasting transfusion. Create an ad to be submitted to the newspaper.

HELP NEEDED!!!! In search of person with either A or O blood to donate blood for my transfusion.

Contact 444-333-2121.

8) Another important diagnostic tool used by medical technologist is determining a patient’s blood cell

count, for both red blood cells and white blood cells. When this procedure is performed, one

technique used is to take multiple samples and calculate the average. This method of multiple

sampling is a standard procedure in scientific and medical investigations. Discuss why this method is

important in blood typing. It is important to get multiple samples so that a medical technologist can

get the precise amount of RBC’s and WBC’s to correctly diagnose the patient and not give a mis-

diagnosis. It’s also important so that once the medical technologist correctly diagnoses a patient, the

hospital staff can work with the patient to determine a treatment plan to get the patient to a

normal, healthy, functioning state.

9) Each year thousands of people contract blood borne diseases. What could be done in a clinical

blood lab to minimize the risk of obtaining or spreading a blood borne disease?Putting on gloves,

sanitize hands properly, and carefully handle instruments.

10) In a short paragraph, identify what you think may be the next important breakthrough, milestone or

discovery in the study of blood and blood diseases and explain why. A breakthrough would be if we

got a large amount of young adults to donate their white blood cells and donate them to the sick

and weak to help them fight off cancer or other life threatning diseases. With white blood cell

transfusions we could help bring people back to or close to health and may be able to get rid of

people’s cancer, because then they would have more white blood cells to fight off the cancer cells

and hopefully abolish them.