It certainly is if your patient is not a true group O, but is of the rare Oh type. It might just save you killing them!
Wouldn't a second type on an Oh patient be just as likely as the first to simply appear (erroneously) as group O, if using standard ABO typing methods? Am I missing something?
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Wouldn't a second type on an Oh patient be just as likely as the first to simply appear (erroneously) as group O, if using standard ABO typing methods? Am I missing something?