The impact of enhancing vascular access care quality through monitoring and training: A multicentre observational study.

Aim: This study evaluates the impact of monitoring a primary quality indicator and the effect of training on improving the care and maintenance of vascular access devices.

Design: A prospective, quasi-experimental, multicentre study with 10 periodical cross-sections from 2017 and 2020.

Participants: Adult patients hospitalised over 24 h, with or without vascular access device, excluding those in emergency, psychiatry, outpatients or minor surgery units.

Urban search and rescue operations (USAR) in collapsed buildings after the 2023 earthquake in Türkiye.

The earthquakes that occurred in February 2023 in Türkiye had some of the worst consequences of recent years. The Turkish authorities first deployed local resources and then appealed for international help. The International Search and Rescue Group of the United Nations aims to establish minimum international standards for search and rescue teams and a methodology for coordinating responses to earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters.