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title: "Extra cleaning tasks"
canonical: "https://support.vitec-hotellinx.com/space/KB/330530821/Extra%20cleaning%20tasks"
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**Extra cleaning tasks **refers to all housekeeping work that is not within the normal scope of housekeeping, for instance extra bed or unusually difficult cleaning work.

- Additional work is recorded in the **Add extra cleaning tasks **view.
- Additional work can be tracked in the **Extra cleaning log**.

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## Add extra cleaning tasks

Cleaning staff can record any additional work in the **Add extra cleaning tasks **view. They can add comments and also the time spent to the task. 

1. Click **Add extra cleaning tasks** on the Housekeeping home page.
2. Click on a room number to open the cleaning task details page.

- You can use the filters to see specific room types and/or only rooms assigned to you in **[Room cleaning allocation](https://vitechotellinx.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OE/pages/320405539)**.

![image-20250502-093318.png](media://eb6f4302-92bd-4260-883a-fcd515c870b9)

3. Provide the details of the extra task:

- Select one or more extra tasks from the list.
- Type in a note in the **Comment** field.
- Enter the time spent on the task in **Used time**.

![image-20250502-093504.png](media://73c564ed-ec6d-4df5-843d-35dad32bb0ec)

4. Click `Save`.

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## Extra cleaning log

The **Extra cleaning log** shows a summary of all additional work recorded in the **Add extra cleaning tasks** view.

Cleaning staff can also manage the records in the Extra cleaning log.

1. Click **Extra cleaning log** on the Housekeeping home page.
2. You can use the filters to view the rooms by date, capacity and room number.

![image-20250502-093812.png](media://8aea38cc-998e-4f02-ad60-e3cb1ef0bc23)

3. The log shows the following details for each extra service note:

- **Date and time**: When the record was created.
- **Room**: The room where extra work was required.
- **Extra cleaning task**: Task and a description of the task.
- **User**: The user who added the record.
- **Used time**: Time that was spent on the task.
- **Status**: Whether or not the task has been handled.
- **Changed**: When the record status or description was last changed.

4. To manage the records, use the buttons on the record row.

- **Remove**: Remove a record from the list.
- **Handled**: Mark the record as handled.
- **Edit**: Make changes to the description shown under **Extra cleaning task**.

![image-20250502-094645.png](media://b067d38b-95cd-466a-8dc5-d1842bd4cc30)

> 📝 When you mark a record as handled or make other changes, the date and time will be saved under **Changed**.