Additional cleaning
During the intervention phase, each trial ward will receive an additional 3 h of cleaning per weekday by dedicated cleaners. This is in addition to routine cleaning that already occurs. The use of dedicated cleaners will reduce the risk of contamination and assist in consistency in implementation. An expression of interest process will be used to identify cleaners who are seeking additional work. This will be managed and handled by the participating hospital, in line with enterprise bargaining arrangements and local policy.The additional cleaning will focus on specific shared medical equipment (Table Focus of additional cleaningAutomatic machinesAreas to be cleaned are cuff, buttons, OSurfaces to be cleaned include:• Horizontal surfaces• Keyboards• Vertical surface and pedestalsDailyDailyWeekly^Note that if time allows, other equipment will include trolleys, bladder scanners (cleaning probe and buttons), patslides (those in shared areas/storage only), resuscitation trolleys (top surface and drawers—outside only) and medication trolleys