Compliance with haemodialysis practice guidelines in Egypt

Evidence- and consensus-based clinical practice guidelines for haemodialysis have recently been developed in Egypt. This study aimed to measure compliance with the guidelines in a sample of 16 government hospitals in Cairo and Giza governorates. Each haemodialysis unit was visited to assess the haemodialysis unit and patient care practices for all patients under dialysis at the time of the visit. The mean percentage compliance with haemodialysis guidelines among all study hospitals was 59.3% [SD 11.2%] overall. Within the 5 separate domains, compliance was: 58.8% [SD 12.4%] for personnel, 68.5% [SD 16.0%] for patient care practices, 61.3% [SD 15.4%] for infection prevention and control, 51.5% [SD 18.2%] for the facility and 56.5% [SD 7.1%] for documentation/ records. There were no statistically significant differences between Cairo and Giza governorates except for facility measures which were slightly better in Giza. Overall, compliance with the developed practice guidelines for haemodialysis in Egypt was not satisfactory and was not uniform across facilities

Screening of antimicrobial activities of medicinally important orchid bulbophyllum lilacinum RidL

The organic solvent extracts were obtained from whole plant of Bulbophyllum lilacinum Ridl. to screen antibacterial activities and test was carried out against five human pathogenic bacteria namely, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella dysenteriae, Salmonella typhi, INABA-ET [Vibrio]. Water extracts obtained from whole plant were also screened for their antifungal activities against six phytopathogenic fungi including, Alternaria alttrnata, Botryodiplodia theobromae, Curvularia lunata, Colletotrichwn corchori, Fusarium equiseti, Macrophomina phaseolina. Both organic solvent and water extracts were found to be active against all the microbes tested and significant inhibition of microbial growth was also observed