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Blood typing - Results

Alternative Names

Cross matching; Rh typing; ABO blood typing

Normal Values:

If your blood cells stick together when mixed with:

  • Anti-A serum, you have type A blood
  • Anti-B serum, you have type B blood
  • Both anti-A and anti-B serums, you have type AB blood

If your blood cells do not stick together when anti-A and B is added, you have type O blood.

Back typing:

  • If your blood clumps together when B cells are added to your sample, you have type A blood.
  • If your blood clumps together when A cells are added to your sample, you have type B blood.
  • If your blood clumps together when both types of cells are added to your sample, you have type O blood.

Lack of blood cells sticking together when your sample is mixed with both types of blood indicates you have type AB blood.

RH typing:

  • If your blood cells stick together when mixed with anti-Rh serum, you have type Rh-positive blood.
  • If your blood does not clot when mixed with anti-Rh serum, you have type Rh-negative blood.
  • Reviewed last on: 9/11/2006
  • Corey Cutler, MD, MPH, FRCP(C), Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.