1. Name: Courtney Zuber
Date: February 6, 2013
Analysis
Table 1
Anti-A Serum Anti-B Serum Anti-Rh Serum Blood Type
Slide 1- Mrs. Smith Aggulutination No Aggulutination Aggulutination A Positive
Slide 2- Mr. Jones No Aggulutination Aggulutination No Aggulutination B Negative
Slide 3- Mr. Green Aggulutination Aggulutination Aggulutination AB Positive
Slide 4- Ms. Brown No Aggulutination No Aggulutination No Aggulutination O Negative
1) Choose one of the following patients:
a) Mr. Smith, Mr. Jones, Mr. Green, Ms. Brown= Mr. Green
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? Blood type A and B show up
c) What ABO agglutinin(s) is/are found in the patient’s Plasma? Neither anti-A or anti-B
d) What is the patient’s blood type? AB
e) If this patient needed a transfusion, what blood type(s) could this patient safely receive? A B O
and AB
f) What blood type(s) could safely receive this patient’s blood?He can only receive AB
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 Medical technologist’s report
B: No Agglutination ABO Type: Anti-B
Rh: Agglutination Rh Type: A
3) Compare and Contrast agglutinogens and agglutinins. In the diagram show at least 2 similarities and
2 differences.
Agglutinogens Agglutinins

2. Differences Similarities Differences
Substances found on the Both are dealing with blood. Antibodies found in plasma.
surface of erythrocytes. Both deal with the immune Causes agglutination.
Antigens. Makes blood clump. system.
Blood type is bason on
antigens.
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.
What’s Your Blood Type?: The RH blood determines whether or not the ABO blood is positive or
negative. The human blood types which are A, B, AB and O are inherited by multiple alleles.
Antigens were found in human re blood cells. They were called C, c, D, d, E, e. Individuals who
possesses these antigens is designated Rh+, and individual who lacks them is designated Rh-.
5) List at least 3 situations where blood typing could be used.
a) Blood Transfusion.
b) Medico-legal situations involving identification of disputed paternity.
c) A patient in a hospital bleeding out.
6) Define Erythroblastosis Fetalis. Condition of a fetus or infant caused by the mother’s Rh antibodies
reacting with the baby’s Rh-positive red blood cells, characterized by massive agglutination of the
blood and resulting in life-threatening circulatory problems for the infant.
a) Describe the sequence of events that lead to this condition. The mother transmits antibody
through the placenta that harms developing blood cells causing the fetus to suffer from blood
disorders or even leading to death.
b) What might be some benefits if the medical profession developed a shot or vaccination that
could desensitize an Rh+ situation?The shot could make the baby more or less immune to the
antibody which results in less fetal death.
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.
WANTED: Type A Blood For A Transfusion!!!!! Will accept any donor who has blood
type A Positive or blood type O Negative which is the universal doner.*** Please call 555-1264 if you
meet these qualifications!***
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

3. important in blood typing. This method is important because when labs are testing the blood they
need multiple samples to get the most accurate product.
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?Wear safety goggles,
wear a lab coat, wear gloves, wear a mask, and test the blood to make sure it is not contaminated.
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. Techology is becoming more
advanced everyday and part of the techonolgy is making the medical field more advanced. The
technology is making blood sampling quicker. Eventually leading to sample sizes becoming less and
less. With technology increasing this is making the sampling more accurate and cleaning blood will
become a faster process and decreasing the transmitting of diseases.