These two areas are often cause for general alerts in the blood sector, as demonstrated since the launch of the Commission managed Rapid Alert System for Blood (RAB), where a number of alerts relating to emerging disease risks with relevance to blood donor selection or testing and to medical device defects that were important in blood collection or processing were shared among the national blood competent authorities.
Need kaks valdkonda põhjustavad sageli üldisi hoiatusi veresektoris, nagu on selgunud pärast komisjoni hallatava vere käitlemise kiirhoiatussüsteemi (Rapid Alert System for Blood, RAB) käivitamist.