The patient is brought to the emergency department after a motor vehicle accident and has lost a large volume of blood. The patient's blood type is AB. Which blood type may this patient safely receive in transfusion?
a. Only type AB blood
b. Only type O blood
c. All blood types
d. Only type A blood
C
People with type AB blood have neither antibody and therefore can receive all blood types.
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