<prompt> Platelets can be stored at -20-24deg C for 5 days20-24deg C for 8 days4-8deg C for 5 days4-8deg C for 8 days  <response>: Ans. is a i.e., 20-24degC for 5 days Summary of Available Blood ComponentsComponentCompositionShelf LifeWhole bloodRBCs; nonfunctional WBCs and platelets; plasma 450 ml total volume contains 200 ml of RBCsCPDA-1: 35 days 1deg to6degCPacked RBCsRBCs; some plasma; nonfunctional WBCs and platelets 250 to 350 ml total volume contains 200 ml of RBCsAS-1: 42 daysLeukocyte-reducedRBCsRBCs; minimum plasma and nonfunctional WBCs and platelets 200 ml total volume contains 170 to 190 ml of RBCs24 hr 1deg to 6degCPlatelets single unit from whole blood donationPlatelets; some nonfunctional WBCs; few RBCs; plasma 50 to 70 ml total volume contains 5.5 1010 platelets; levels of labile clotting factors depend on storage time5 days 20deg to 24degCPlatelets apheresis from random donorAs above; usually contains as many platelets as 6 to 10 single units 30 1010Usually 24hr; up to 5 days 20deg to 24degCLeukocyte concentrate.WBCs; may contain large numbers of platelets, some RBCs 600 ml total volume contains 5 to 30 109 granulocytes24 hr 20deg to 24degCFresh frozen plasmaPlasma, all coagulation factors 180 to 250ml contains 0.7 to 1 unitml of prothrombin; factors V, VII, VIII, IX, XII, and XIII; and 500 mg of fibrinogenFrozen: 1 yr - 30degC Thawed: 24 hr 1deg to 6degCCryoprecipitateFibrinogen, factors VIII, VIIIR, XIII, fibronectin 10 to 20 ml contains 80 unitsml factor VIII, 200 mg fibrinogenFrozen: 1 yr -30degC Thawed: 4hr if pooled 20deg to 24degCAlbuminAlbumin 12.5 g albumin in 50 or 250 ml3yr room temperature 