AB-
Is the rarest blood type — only 0.6% of the US population has type AB- Is a universal plasma donor, meaning anyone can receive AB- plasma Is an ideal whole blood, double red blood cell or plasma donor Donation type...
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AB+
Is one of the rarest blood types — only 3.4% of the US population has type AB+ Is a universal recipient, meaning you can receive blood products of any blood type Is a universal plasma donor, meaning anyone with any...
B-
Is one of the rarest blood types — only 1.5% of the US population has type B- Can give blood products to all B and AB types and receive types O- and B- Is an ideal whole blood, double red...
B+
Is one of the rarest blood types — only 8.5% of the US population has type B+ Can give blood products to types B+ and AB+, and receive all B and O types Is an ideal whole blood, double red...
A-
Is one of the rarest blood types — only 6.3% of the US population has type A- Can give blood products to all A and AB types, and receive types A- and O- Is an ideal whole blood, double red...
A+
Is one of the most common and, consequently, most transfused blood types — 35.7% of the US population has type A+ Can give blood products to types A+ and AB+ and receive all A and O types Is an ideal...
A Brief History of Blood Transfusion Through The Years
By Kristin Stankus, digital community and social media specialist As early as the 17th century, blood has been used as a therapy for a variety of ailments. Over the years, there have been many great advances and it is no...
Summer: The Other Season for Giving Blood
The Bay Area has incredibly generous high school kids: A whopping 15 percent of Stanford Blood Center’s blood donations come from students—and 90-95 percent are high school students participating in mobile blood drives. When all those caring kids go on...
Are You My Type? BMT: The Ultimate Exercise in Matchmaking
Although Stanford Blood Center (SBC) is best known for supplying blood products to hospitals, did you know it is also home to one of the top Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Histocompatibility laboratories in the country? While our donor centers do...
O-Negative Blood Supply Critically Low
TweetBy Julie Peachey, Social Media Manager, Stanford Blood Center
We are critically low in type O-negative blood and are asking for those eligible, to donate within the next couple of weeks. Unusually high demand has depleted O-negative inventory at local hospitals and across the Bay Area, making it difficult to import blood as well.
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