A cross-match test is performed between donor blood and recipient blood, even though the ABO and Rh blood types match between the two because
A) there are many more surface antigens on red blood cells other than A, B and Rh.
B) all antibodies of the donor blood and the recipient blood must be identified.
C) coagulation can occur even in a small percentage of cases.
D) one has to make sure that the same agglutinogens have to be on both donor and recipients red blood cells.
E) errors are commonly made by the clinical staff regarding donor-recipient matches.
A
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