Lab: Blood Typing Answers

Did you read the Student Guide carefully?

Agglutination occurs when the antibodies in the serum ✔ match one or moredo not match any X change color with antigens in the blood.

You will use a clean dropper for each sample and serum in order to avoid contamination from ✔ a previous testthe testing environmentyour own blood.

What data will you collect each time you add each serum to a patient’s blood?the final color of the sampleX whether there was a swirl pattern✔ whether the sample agglutinatedthe number of clots formed

Did your response explain that blood may contain infectious agents, so it is better to be safe than to risk infection? yesno

After testing, you should dispose of serum and blood in a trashX recycling✔ biological waste bin.