Where appropriate, data gathered through other channels and supporting the findings of the two surveys (e.g. exchanges with the national blood competent authorities during the bi-annual meetings with the Commission, mandatory annual reporting to the Commission of serious adverse reactions and events (SARE), alerts launched in the Rapid Alerts for Blood (RAB) platform, a study mapping the economic landscape of the sector and more recently a Eurobarometer survey as well as outputs of EU-funded projects were also taken into account.
Prema potrebi, u obzir su uzeti i podatci prikupljeni drugim kanalima, a kojima se podupiru rezultati dvaju istraživanja (npr. razmjenom s nacionalnim nadležnim tijelima za krv tijekom sastanaka s Komisijom koji se održavaju dva puta godišnje, obveznim godišnjim izvješćivanjem Komisiji o ozbiljnim štetnim reakcijama i događajima, upozorenjima objavljenima na platformi sustava brzog uzbunjivanja za krv (engl.