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Cruise Ship: MSC Lirica Cruise Line: MSC Cruise Management (UK) Ltd Inspection Date: 01/24/2005 Inspection 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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Item No.: *
Site: Other-CORRECTIVE ACTION STATEMENT
Violation: IN DEVELOPING THE CORRECTIVE ACTION STATEMENT FOR THIS INSPECTION, CRITICAL-ITEM DEFICIENCIES (DESIGNATED WITH YES IN CRITICAL COLUMN (WORTH 3 - 5 POINTS), WHETHER DEBITED OR NOT, SHOULD INCLUDE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND MONITORING PROCEDURES IMPLEMENTED TO PREVENT THE RECURRENCE OF THE CRITICAL DEFICIENCY. PREPARE CORRECTIVE ACTION STATEMENT AS A WORD PROCESSING OR SPREADSHEET FILE WHICH WILL BE SENT TO USPHS / VSP AS AN EMAIL MESSAGE ATTACHMENT. PLEASE EMAIL CORRECTIVE ACTION STATEMENT TO: VSP@CDC.GOV USE EMAIL MESSAGE SUBJECT LINE: MSC LIRICA - CAS - 1/24/2005.
Recommendation:
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.
Item No.: 08
Site: Other-POTABLE WATER
Violation: A WRITTEN PROCEDURE WAS AVAILABLE FOR FLUSHING THE POTABLE WATER TANKS AFTER DISINFECTION BUT THE RECORDS DID NOT INDICATE THAT THE TANKS WERE FLUSHED.
Recommendation: 5.3.4.1.6 The disinfected parts of the system shall be flushed with potable water until the free residual halogen is 5.00 mg/L (ppm).
Item No.: 08
Site: Other-POTABLE WATER
Violation: THE POTABLE WATER LINES SUPPLYING THE STEAM ROOM AND PHOTO LAB SINK WERE NOT STRIPED BLUE.
Recommendation: 5.3.2.1.1 Potable water piping shall be painted light blue or striped with 15 cm (6 inches) light blue bands or a light blue stripe at fittings on each side of partitions, decks, and bulkheads and at intervals not to exceed 5 m (15 feet) in all spaces, except where the decor would be marred by such markings.
Item No.: 08
Site: Other-POTABLE WATER
Violation: THE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES SUPPLYING THE CHEMICAL TANKS IN THE ENGINE ROOM (DECK 1) WERE NOT LISTED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL PROGRAM. THERE WERE NO RECORDS INDICATING THAT THE REDUCED PRESSURE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES HAD BEEN TESTED FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: INTERNATIONAL SHORE CONNECTIONS FOR THE FIRE SYSTEM EDT TANK FILLING HEELING TANK FILLING
Recommendation: 5.7.1.1.3 The vessel shall provide a comprehensive cross- connection control program that provides safe connections to the potable water system through air gaps or appropriate backflow devices at the following locations, if present: (1) Potable water supply lines to swimming pools, whirlpool spas, hot tubs, bathtubs, showers, and similar facilities; (2) Photographic laboratory developing machines and utility sinks; (3) Beauty and barber shop spray-rinse hoses; (4) Potable water faucets where hoses are connected or can be connected by threaded or quick-connect outlets such as those serving tanks containing chlorine and other chemicals, and deck taps; (5) Garbage grinders and pulpers; (6) Mechanical warewashing machines; (7) Hospital and laundry equipment; (8) Air conditioning expansion tanks; (9) Boiler feed water tanks; (10) Fire systems; (11) Toilets; (12) Potable water, bilge, and sanitary pumps that require priming; (13) Freshwater or saltwater ballast systems; (14) Bilge or other waste water locations; (15) International shore connection; and (16) Any other connection between potable and non-potable water systems. 5.7.2.2.2 Backflow prevention devices requiring testing, for example reduced pressure backflow preventer and double check valves with test cocks, shall be inspected and tested with a test kit at least annually. Test results showing the pressure differences on both sides of the valves shall be maintained for each device.
Item No.: 08
Site: Other-POTABLE WATER
Violation: THE CHLORINE LEVEL AND PH OF THE SHORE SIDE WATER WERE NOT CONSISTENTLY RECORDED IN THE LOG BOOK PRIOR TO BUNKERING.
Recommendation: 5.2.1.2.1 A halogen demand test and pH shall be conducted on the shore-side water supply before starting the bunkering process to establish the correct halogen dosage.
Item No.: 10
Site: Other-CREW POOL
Violation: THE CREW POOL WAS 3 FEET 4 INCHES DEEP AND A SHEPHERD'S HOOK AND FLOATATION DEVICE WERE NOT PROVIDED. A SAFETY SIGN WAS NOT PROVIDED AT THIS LOCATION.
Recommendation: 6.4.1.2.1 Easy access shepherd's hook and approved floatation device shall be provided at a prominent location near each public swimming pool. 6.4.1.1.1 Safety signs shall be provided for public swimming pools and whirlpool spas.
Item No.: 16
Site: Other-FOOD SERVICE GENERAL
Violation: THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE SMOKED SALMON WAS FROZEN TO THE PROPER TIMES AND TEMPERATURES TO ENSURE PARASITE DESTRUCTION, OR THAT THE SALMON WAS CERTIFIED PARASITE FREE.
Recommendation: 7.3.4.2.1 Before service in ready-to-eat form, raw, raw-marinated, partially cooked, or marinated-partially cooked fish other than molluscan shellfish: (1) Shall be frozen throughout to a temperature of -20°C (-4°F) or below for 168 hours (7 days) in a freezer; or -35°C (-31°F) or below for 15 hours in a blast freezer.
Item No.: 20
Site: Other-LIDO GALLEY
Violation: SLOTTED FASTENERS WERE NOTED IN THE FOOD SPLASH ZONE OF THE FRYER.
Recommendation: 7.4.1.1.2 Materials that are used in the construction of multiuse utensils and food-contact surfaces of equipment shall be: (1) Durable, corrosion-resistant, and nonabsorbent; (2) Sufficient in weight and thickness to withstand repeated warewashing; (3) Finished to have a smooth, easily cleanable surface; and (4) Resistant to pitting, chipping, crazing, scratching, scoring, distortion, and decomposition. 7.4.2.2.1 Multiuse food-contact surfaces shall be: (1) Smooth; (2) Free of breaks, open seams >1 mm (1/32 inch), cracks, chips, inclusions, pits, and similar imperfections; (3) Free of sharp internal angles, corners, and crevices; (4) Finished to have smooth welds and joints; and (5) Accessible for cleaning and inspection by one of the following methods without being disassembled, by disassembling without the use of tools, or by easy disassembling with the use of handheld tools commonly available to maintenance and cleaning personnel such as screwdrivers, pliers, open-end wrenches, and Allen wrenches.
Item No.: 21
Site: Other-MAIN GALLEY DECK 5 - HOT GALLEY
Violation: THE DOOR SEAL ON STEAM OVEN 55134 WAS SPLIT, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CLEAN.
Recommendation: 7.4.1.1.9 Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment that are exposed to splash, spillage, or other food soiling or that require frequent cleaning shall be constructed of a corrosion-resistant, nonabsorbent, and smooth material. 7.4.2.2.6 Nonfood-contact surfaces shall be free of unnecessary ledges, projections, and crevices, and designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and to facilitate maintenance.
Item No.: 26
Site: Other-MAIN GALLEY DECK 5 - POTWASH
Violation: TWO FRYER BASKETS WERE SOILED AND STORED AS CLEAN.
Recommendation: 7.5.5.1.1 Food-contact surfaces of equipment and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch.
Item No.: 28
Site: Other-MAIN GALLEY DECK 5 - POTWASH
Violation: MANY CLEANED ITEMS WERE STORED NESTED AND WET, IMPEDING AIR DRYING.
Recommendation: 7.5.7.1.1 After cleaning and sanitizing, equipment and utensils shall be air-dried or adequately drained before contact with food. 7.5.7.3.2 Clean equipment and utensils shall be stored: (1) In a self-draining position that allows air drying; and (2) Covered or inverted.
Item No.: 28
Site: Other-MAIN GALLEY DECK 5 - HOT GALLEY
Violation: THE PLATES IN THE PLATE WARMERS NEXT TO THE BAIN MARIES WERE NOT COVERED OR INVERTED. THIS AREA WAS NOT IN USE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION.
Recommendation: 7.5.7.3.2 Clean equipment and utensils shall be stored: (1) In a self-draining position that allows air drying; and (2) Covered or inverted.
Item No.: 30
Site: Other-PIZZERIA
Violation: A "WASH HANDS OFTEN" SIGN WAS NOT POSTED OVER THE HANDWASH SINK IN THE CLEANING LOCKER.
Recommendation: 7.7.1.1.7 A sign stating "WASH HANDS OFTEN" in a language that the food employees understand shall be posted over handwashing sinks.
Item No.: 33
Site: Other-LIDO BUFFETS
Violation: OPENINGS AND GAPS WERE NOTED AT THE BULKHEAD UNDER THE HANDWASH SINKS AT THE PORT AND STARBOARD BUFFETS. THIS WAS NOTED DURING THE LAST INSPECTION.
Recommendation: Close the gaps and openings. 7.7.4.1.1 Decks, bulkheads, and deckheads in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas shall be constructed and maintained for easy cleaning.
Item No.: 33
Site: Other-LIDO BEVERAGE STATIONS
Violation: THE DECK DRAINS UNDER THE BEVERAGE STATION WERE SLIGHTLY SOILED.
Recommendation: Clean the deck drains. 7.7.4.2.1 Decks, bulkheads, deckheads, and attached equipment in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas, shall be cleaned as often as necessary.
Item No.: 36
Site: Other-LE BISTRO WINE CELLAR
Violation: ONE OF THE LARGER LIGHT FIXTURES AT THE CENTER OF THE CELLAR WAS NOT SHIELDED AND THE BULB WAS NOT SHATTER-RESISTANT. THIS WAS CORRECTED DURING THE INSPECTION.
Recommendation: 7.7.5.2.1 Light bulbs shall be shielded, coated, or otherwise shatter-resistant in areas where there is exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, and linens; or unwrapped single-service, and single-use articles.
Item No.: 40
Site: Other-INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
Violation: THE STICKY TRAP LOG FOR PASSIVE MONITORING DID NOT INCLUDE THE FLY TRAPS.
Recommendation: Ensure that the fly traps are included in this log. 8.1.1.1.4 The Integrated Pest Management Plan shall include passive surveillance procedures such as glue traps and other monitoring tools, as well as location of each. A monitoring log on passive surveillance procedures shall be maintained.
*Inspections scores of 85 or lower are NOT satisfactory
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