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Vessel Sanitation Program (U.S.) ; National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.)
Vessel Sanitation Program (U.S.) ; National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.) Less -
Description:
1.0. Background and purpose -- 2.0. Revisions and changes -- 3.0. Procedures for requesting plan reviews, consultations, and construction-related inspections -- 4.0. Equipment standards, testing, and certification -- 5.0. General definitions and acronyms-- 6.0. General facilities requirements -- 7.0. General hygiene facilities requirements for food areas -- 8.0. Equipment placement and mounting -- 9.0. Fasteners and requirements for securing and sealing equipment -- 10.0. Latches, hinges, and handles -- 11.0. Gaskets -- 12.0. Equipment drain lines -- 13.0. Electrical connections, pipelines, and other attached equipment -- 14.0. Hood systems -- 15.0. Provision rooms, walk-in refrigerators and freezers, and food transportation corridors -- 16.0. Galleys, food preparation rooms, and pantries -- 17.0. Buffet lines, waiter stations, bars and other similar food service areas -- 18.0. Warewashing -- 19.0. Lighting -- 20.0. Cleaning materials, filters, and drinking fountains -- 21.0. Waste managment -- 22.0. Potable water systems -- 23.0. Cross-connection control -- 24.0. Heat exchangers used for cooling or heating sanitary seawater and potable water -- 25.0. Recreational water facilities (RWFs) water source -- 26.0. RWF showers and toilet facilities -- 27.0. RWF draininge -- 28.0. RWF safety -- 29.0. Recirculation and filtration systems -- 30.0. Additional requirements for children’s pools -- 31.0. Additional requirements for baby-only water facility -- 32.0. Additional requirements for whirlpool spas and spa pools -- 33.0. Ventilation systems – 34.0. Child activity center -- 35.0. Housekeeping -- 36.0. Passenger and crew public toilet rooms -- 37.0. Decorative fountains and misting systems -- 38.0. Acknowledgments -- 39.0. Appendices -- 39.1. Sample letter of request for construction inspection -- 39.2. VSP contact information -- 39.3. VSP construction checklists -- 40.0. Vessel profile worksheet.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) in 1975 as a cooperative endeavor with the cruise vessel industry. VSP’s goal is to assist the industry to develop and implement comprehensive sanitation programs to protect the health of passengers and crew aboard cruise vessels. Every cruise vessel that has a foreign itinerary, carries 13 or more passengers, and calls on a U.S. port is subject to biannual operational inspections and, when necessary, reinspection by VSP. The vessel owner pays a fee, based on gross registered tonnage (GRT) of the vessel, for all operational inspections. The Vessel Sanitation Program 2011 Operations Manual, which is available on the VSP Web site (www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp), covers details of these inspections.


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2015-09-16


Subjects:
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Disease Outbreaks/prevention & Control Environmental Health Sanitation Ships
Document Type:
Book
Genre:
Standards ; Guideline
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Guidelines and Recommendations
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19142/cdc_19142_DS1.pdf
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