Filled with lots of little people and a wide range of surfaces, it is​ ​an ongoing challenge to create a genuinely hygienic environment​ ​within Early Childhood Education and Childcare Centres.​ ​With some centres outsourcing cleaning and others relying on​ ​already stretched staff to fulfil the daily cleaning protocols,​ ​managing the infection control risks is often a challenging task.​ ​One of the critical issues that we’ve identified is that conventional​ ​disinfectant products aren’t doing enough — while they kill the​ ​germs of the surface, they do nothing to defend against the regrowth of bacteria. This means that unless 100% of the microbial contamination is removed, the potential for micro-organisms to multiply is likely, allowing contamination to return.​ ​All this to say, that a surface can have been recently cleaned and​ ​even ‘look clean’ but still be an infection risk.