A patient with type O blood is scheduled to undergo open heart surgery. Which blood type would this patient receive?

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A patient with type O blood can only receive type O blood because it does not contain A or B antigens, making it the universal donor type. Other blood types (A, B, AB) contain antigens that would be recognized as foreign by the immune system of a person with type O blood, leading to a potentially dangerous transfusion reaction.

A Patient with Type O Blood Is Scheduled to Undergo