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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 25.
Published in final edited form as: IISE Trans Occup Ergon Hum Factors. 2018 Sep 25;6(3-4):178–191. doi: 10.1080/24725838.2018.1487348

Table 4.

Main Room Cleaning Patterns

Main room cleaning pattern Description Example
Clockwise or counter-clockwise EVC associates cleaning surfaces around the room and moving between surfaces in the same area or in adjacent areas graphic file with name nihms-1041686-t0001.jpg
Horizontal or vertical EVC associates cleaning surfaces on one side of the room (e.g., top/down, left/right) and moving to surfaces on the other side of the room graphic file with name nihms-1041686-t0002.jpg
Random EVC associate cleaning a surface and moving to another surface that might not be in the same area or in an adjacent area graphic file with name nihms-1041686-t0003.jpg
Local EVC associates only cleaning surfaces in a few areas that covered less than half of the room graphic file with name nihms-1041686-t0004.jpg