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Old 08-18-2018, 11:32 AM
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I will need to do whole blood donation to determine my blood type which I think is O but I am not sure. If I understood the material correctly they are more interested in rare types for platelets.
I am AB- which for platelets is a universal donor. Anyone can take my platelets. Very few people can take my blood though. It is only about 1% of the population who have AB- even though I know a number of them.