Blood Type AB
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AB+ Blood Type
AB+ is one of the rarest among the 8 blood types
Your blood can help patients with AB+ blood types.
Your blood type is ideal for a plasma donation, and it’s universal, which means it can be used for all patients of any blood type.
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AB- Blood Type
AB- is the rarest among the 8 blood types
Your blood can help patients with AB+ and AB- blood types.
Your blood type is ideal for a plasma donation, and it’s universal, which means it can be used for all patients of any blood type.
Facts and Figures: Type AB Blood
![whocanreceiveblood_chart_bloodtypedistributionchart Approximate distributions of blood types in the U.S. blood donor population.](https://www.bloodworksnw.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/whocanreceiveblood_chart_bloodtypedistributionchart.jpg)
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