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13.19 Summary of Sanitation Inspections of International Cruise Ships
13.19.1 Introduction
Every vessel that has a foreign itinerary and carries 13 or more passengers is
subject to twice-yearly inspections and, when necessary, to reinspection by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s VSP. To ensure a clean and
healthful environment, cruise ships must meet the criteria established by VSP.
The score and the complete report for each inspection are published on the VSP
website (www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp).
The ship’s level of sanitation is acceptable to VSP if its score on the inspection
is 86 or higher.
13.19.2 Online Information
The VSP website has a searchable database of inspection report summaries and
lists. The complete inspection report information is also retrievable.
Lists available on the VSP website include the following:
• Advanced Cruise Ship Inspection Search.
• Green Sheet Report.
• Cruise Ship Inspection Score 100.
• VARIANCES by Section.
These lists show the data by
• Ship name.
• Cruise line.
• Inspection date.
• Score (all scores, scores of 86 or higher [satisfactory scores], and scores
of 85 or lower [unsatisfactory scores]).
Further information can be obtained on a particular ship, including all scores for
that ship and an inspection report preview.
The VSP website also provides the Inspection Detail Report for each ship
inspection. This report provides a categorical review of the deficiencies noted
along with the number of points deducted for that category and the numerical
score for the inspection of a particular ship. Details of the inspection with the
specific deficiencies and recommendations are also available from this page.
Inspection report data are also searchable from the VSP database for the
following search categories:
• Ship name.
• Cruise line.
• Inspection date.
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