ABO/RhBlood group and Rh factor
What it shows
Blood group in the ABO system and the Rh factor. Asked before pregnancy, surgery and transfusions; once in a lifetime is enough.
Your doctor reads the result: the laboratory does not diagnose or prescribe. The result sheet gives the reference range beside each value.
Sample
- Short code
- ABO/Rh
- What is taken
- Blood from a vein
- Container
- Purple-top EDTA tube
- Turnaround
- 1 working days for samples taken by 12:00; result at 18:00
- At home
- Yes, a nurse comes to your home
Preparation
- No fasting needed
This test is part of these check-ups
From the same section
- CBCComplete blood count with differential₼12
- ESRErythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)₼4
- RETReticulocytes₼12
- SMEARBlood smear under the microscope₼14