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Section III. BLOOD TYPES OR GROUPS
1-8. MAJOR GROUPS
Before being used for a transfusion, blood must be typed and cross-matched to assure compatibility between the blood of the person who gets the transfusion and the type of blood being used. The most well known of the groupings is the A-B-O group.
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