TABLE II.

Frequency and Duration of Cleaning and Disinfecting Tasks by Occupation^*

	Equipment cleaning		Floor cleaning		Instrument cleaning		Fixed surface cleaning		Mixing cleaning products
Occupation	% of shifts	Mean minutes (min-max)	% of Shifts	Mean minutes (min-max)	% of shifts	Mean minutes (min-max)	% of Shifts	Mean minutes (min-max)	% of Shifts	Mean minutes (min-max)
Housekeepers	8	23 (5–75)	87	61 (10–205)			96	94 (15–305)	42	8 (5–20)
Floor strippers/waxers	15	8 (5–10)	100	84 (25–125)			39	9 (5–20)	54	10 (5–20)
Registered nurses	23	13 (5–20)			2	25 (25)	7	10 (5–15)	5	10 (5–15)
Licensed practical nurses	33	37 (20–50)			22	90 (85–95)	11	10 (10)	11	20 (20)
Nursing assistants							13	15 (15)
Medical equipment preparers	77	131 (5–260)			69	54 (5–100)	8	115 (115)	23	13 (10–15)
Endoscopy Technicians	53	58 (10–170)			68	73 (5–255)	32	34 (5–60)	5	10 (10)
Dental assistants	91	35 (5–70)					27	17 (5–40)
Dental laboratory technicians					18	8 (5–10)
Respiratory therapists	33	10 (5–15)
Clinical laboratory technicians	42	12 (5–30)
Pharmacists/pharmacy technicians	25	13 (10–15)

Note: Equipment cleaning: cleaning equipment surfaces, cleaning interior of equipment, and disinfecting machines, e.g., dialysis; Floor cleaning: mopping, preparing buffer and buffing, and waxing and stripping floors; Instrument cleaning: flushing contaminants from scopes, preparing, and operating scope cleaning machine, and wiping instrument; Fixed surface cleaning: cleaning beds, furniture, counters, walls, windows, and mirrors; Mixing products: mixing cleaning products.

Min, minimum; Max, maximum.

^*Medical Appliance Technicians were not observed completing cleaning and disinfecting tasks during data collection; Surgical Technologists were observed completing only two cleaning and disinfecting tasks.