The perspectives of healthcare workers in the intensive care unit regarding the risks of mobile phone contamination, and their beliefs regarding the viability and compliance of Ultraviolet-C mobile phone sanitisation.

This will be a mixed methods survey conducted in the ICUs of The Prince Charles Hospital and Saint Andrews War Memorial Hospital. The electronic survey will consist of both discrete and open text responses to explore the perspectives of healthcare workers in ICU regarding the risks of mobile phone contamination, and their beliefs regarding the viability and compliance of UV-C mobile phone sanitisation. This bespoke survey has been developed by the research team specifically for this study, and it is anticipated that it will take approximately 5-minutes to complete. Potential participants will be informed of the purpose and aims of the study. Staff consenting to participate in the study will be given the link or QR code to the study survey . The electronic questionnaire will start with a summary of the study and aims, and the first question will ask the participant to confirm they consent to participate in the study. Participants may answer as many or as few answers as they wish and can exit the survey at any time. Any responses provided will be collected for analysis and cannot be withdrawn.