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Rh-positive

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Rh-positive
adj.
Containing an Rh factor.


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5 times as likely to have an accident as uninfected drivers who were Rh-negative, or any Rh-positive drivers.
Rh incompatibility occurs when a pregnant woman has Rh-negative blood and the fetus has Rh-positive blood, inherited from a father who has Rh-positive blood.
Q It is common practice and declared community standard by our blood center that Rh-negative elderly patients and Rh-negative males over 55 receive Rh-positive blood for transfusion because Rh-negative donor blood is always in short supply and must be conserved for childbearing-age females and newborns.
 
 
 
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