An advantage of platelet crossmatching is

a. the immediate availability of compatible units
b. the fact that it decreases the overall transfusion time
c. that platelets have a shelf-life of 5 days
d. that crossmatched platelets perform better than high-grade HLA-matched products


Answer a

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