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The questions below have been bothering me for a while and I haven’t been able to find a clear answer yet. Does the blood group of donor and recipient always have to match or are there exceptions? For which diseases or conditions are you not allowed to donate?
W. Eagles
Marije Huijgen, transplant coordinator at the LUMC
The blood type between donor and recipient does not necessarily have to agree. As you can see in the drawing, a donor with blood group O can donate organs to recipients with blood group A, B and AB, but of course also blood group O. A donor with blood group AB can only donate an organ to a recipient with blood group AB. Donors with blood group A can donate organs to recipients with blood group A or AB. Donors with blood group B can donate organs to recipients with blood group B or AB.
There are a number of diseases where it is not possible to donate organs and tissues such as untreated blood poisoning and certain active viruses in the blood (rabies and malignant metastatic tumours). With the latter disease, it is often possible to donate corneas.
For each person, it is carefully examined whether donation is still possible and it is therefore also useful for people with a disease or medication to register as a donor.
If you would like more information, you can Postmortem organ and tissue donation model protocol view and the source of information of the Transplant Foundation.
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