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Cruise Ship Inspection Details

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Cruise Ship: MSC Lirica Cruise line: MSC Cruises (Mediterranean Shipping Company) Inspection Date: 01/24/2005 Score: 98
 
This cruise ship inspection report lists the deficiencies found during the inspection. Additional information corresponding to each item number is available in the lastest editions of the CDC VSP Operational Manual.



 
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Note: Click on the Item no. to view the item detail.
 
Item No.DescriptionPoints Deducted
02Medical logs maintained1
08PW filling hoses, caps, connections, procedures; Sample records, valves; PW system constructed, maintained0
10Swimming pools / spas maintained, safety equipment0
16Potentially hazardous food temperatures storage, preparation display, service, transportation0
20PHF temperature maintenance facilities; Food-contact surfaces designed, constructed, installed, maintained; TMD=s provided, located, calibrated0
21Nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located0
26Food-contact surfaces equipment / utensils clean; Safe0
28Equipment / utensil / linen / single / service storage, handling, dispensed; Clean frequency0
30Hand cleanser, sanitary towels, waste receptacles, handwash signs; maintenance0
33Decks / bulkheads / deckheads construction, repair, clean1
36Lighting provided, shielded0
40IPM procedures developed; followed; outer openings protected0
999Miscellaneous0
Selected Item Details
Item No.: 02
Site: Other-MEDICAL
Violation: THE NUMBER OF EPISODES OF DIARRHEA AND/OR VOMITING WAS NOT RECORDED ON THE GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESS SURVEILLANCE LOG. THIS WAS NOTED ON THE LAST INSPECTION.
Recommendation:4.1.2.1.4 The gastrointestinal illness surveillance log entry for each passenger or crew member shall contain the following information: (1) The first date of clinic visit or report to staff of illness; (2) The person's name, age and gender; (3) A designation as passenger or crew member; (4) Crew member position or job on the vessel, if applicable; (5) Cabin number; (6) Meal seating information; (7) Date and time of illness onset; (8) Illness symptoms, including the presence of the following selected signs and symptoms: numbers of episodes each of diarrhea and vomiting per day, bloody stools, fever, recorded temperature; (9) Notation on whether or not a stool specimen was requested and received; (10) Use of antidiarrheal medication; and (11) The presence of underlying medical conditions which may affect interpretation of acute gastrointestinal illness for example diabetic diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease, gastrectomy or others.
*Inspections scores of 85 or lower are NOT satisfactory
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