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Cruise Ship: Seven Seas Voyager Cruise Line: Regent Seven Seas Inspection Date: 04/28/2006 Inspection Score: 93
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.: 02
Site: Medical-
Violation: THE STANDARDIZED GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESS LOG DID NOT NOTE CREW POSITIONS.
Recommendation: 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, abdominal cramps, headaches and muscle aches; (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.: 05
Site: Potable Water-
Violation: THE FAR POINT ANALYZER CHART RECORDER NOTED 0.78 PPM FREE CHLORINE WHILE MANUAL TESTS NOTED 2.20 PPM. THREE TESTS WERE TAKEN.
Recommendation: Ensure that the free residual halogen measured by the halogen analyzer is ±0.2 mg/L (ppm) of the free residual halogen measured by the manual test.
Item No.: 06
Site: Potable Water-MEDICAL
Violation: THE NEGATIVE TESTS RESULTS FOR E. COLI WERE NOT RECORDED WHEN THE TOTAL COLIFORM TESTS WERE NOTED TO BE POSITIVE.
Recommendation: Ensure that the results for the E. coli tests are recorded.
Item No.: 08
Site: Buffet-CREW MESS
Violation: THE BACKFLOW PROTECTION DEVICE AT THE BEVERAGE STATIONS WAS NOTED TO HAVE A STEADY DRIP.
Recommendation: Ensure that backflow preventers are maintained in good repair. Ensure that backflow prevention devices are periodically inspected and any failed units are replaced.
Item No.: 08
Site: Potable Water-
Violation: THE FLUSHING OF THE POTABLE WATER TANKS TO NO MORE THAN 5.0 PPM FREE CHLORINE AFTER DISINFECTION WAS NOT RECORDED.
Recommendation: Ensure that documentation of any inspection, cleaning, disinfection (including concentration and contact time of disinfectant), and flushing is maintained for 12 months and is available to the VSP for review during inspections.
Item No.: 08
Site: Potable Water-BUNKER STATIONS
Violation: THE INTERNATIONAL SHORE CONNECTIONS FOR THE FIRE SYSTEM AND THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM LINES HAD MORE THAN ONE HOSE CONNECTION POINT EACH. THE REDUCED PRESSURE BACKFLOW PROTECTION DEVICES WERE ONLY INSTALLED AT ONE CONNECTION POINT ON EACH OF THESE LINES.
Recommendation: Either install the reduced pressure backflow protection devices after all of the connection points at each line or install a device at each connection point.
Item No.: 08
Site: Potable Water-WHIRLPOOL SPA/POOL TECHNICAL ROOM
Violation: ALL OF THE LINES WERE PAINTED BLUE INCLUDING RECIRCULATION AND BACKWASH DRAIN LINES.
Recommendation: Ensure that only the potable water lines are painted blue. Ensure that potable water piping and fittings are painted or stripped auxiliary blue, or in accordance with ISO 14726, at 5 m (15 feet) intervals on each side of partitions, decks, and bulkheads in all spaces, except where the decor would be marred by such markings.
Item No.: 08
Site: Galley-DECK 4 PORT SIDE DISHWASH
Violation: A STEADY LEAK WAS NOTED ON THE BACKFLOW DEVICE FOR THE SPRAY HOSE.
Recommendation: Ensure that backflow preventers are maintained in good repair. Ensure that backflow prevention devices are periodically inspected and any failed units are replaced.
Item No.: 10
Site: Recreational Water Facilities-WHIRLPOOL SPAS
Violation: THERE WERE NO DRAIN COVERS ON THE WHIRLPOOL SPAS.
Recommendation: Ensure that anti-entrapment drain covers or other drains that prevent entrapment hazards as specified in U.S. Consumer Product Safety Publication 363-009801 (dual drains/channel drains) are provided on swimming pools and whirlpool spas. Ensure that drain covers have either the plumbing/engineering approving organization stamp and flow rate affixed to the cover, or that a letter is maintained aboard the vessel certifying that the cover meets the safety requirements outlined in AMSE/ANSI A112.19.8M or an equivalent standard.
Item No.: 10
Site: Recreational Water Facilities-SWIMMING POOL
Violation: A LENGTH OF ROPE WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE FLOATATION DEVICE.
Recommendation: Ensure that an easy-access shepherd's hook and approved floatation device (with a length of line 1/2 the pool width or 16 m (50 feet)) is provided at a prominent location near each public swimming pool.
Item No.: 19
Site: Galley-LA VERANDA CAFE
Violation: A JUG OF VINEGAR IN THE CABINET BETWEEN THE COOK-TOP STATIONS WAS NOT LABELED.
Recommendation: Ensure that working containers holding food or food ingredients that are removed from their original packages for use on the vessel, such as cooking oils, flour, herbs, potato flakes, salt, spices, and sugar are identified with the common name of the food.
Item No.: 20
Site: Food Service General-
Violation: SLOTTED FASTENERS WERE NOTED IN THE ICE/WATER CONTACT SURFACES IN THE UPPER COMPARTMENTS OF THE ICE MACHINES, MAKING CLEANING DIFFICULT.
Recommendation: Ensure that materials used in the construction of multiuse utensils and food-contact surfaces of equipment are: (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.
Item No.: 21
Site: Food Service General-
Violation: SEAMS WERE NOTED AROUND THE BACK WALL OF THE UPPER COMPARTMENT OF THE ICE MACHINE NEAR THE OPENING FOR THE ICE BIN, MAKING CLEANING DIFFICULT.
Recommendation: Ensure that nonfood-contact surfaces are free of unnecessary ledges, projections, and crevices, and designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and to facilitate maintenance.
Item No.: 22
Site: Galley-DISHWASH
Violation: THE PRESSURE WAS NOTED TO BE 0-10 PSI AT THE DISHWASH UNIT WHILE THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED 15-25 PSI.
Recommendation: Ensure that the flow pressure of the fresh hot water sanitizing rinse in a warewashing machine is not less than 100 kilopascals (15 pounds per square inch) or more than 170 kilopascals (25 pounds per square inch) as measured in the water line immediately downstream or upstream from the fresh hot water sanitizing rinse control valve.
Item No.: 22
Site: Galley-DECK 4 STAR BOARD SIDE DISHWASH
Violation: THE PRESSURE RELEASE VALVE FOR THE FINAL SANITIZING RINSE WATER LINE HAD FAILED, RELEASING EXCESS STEAM. THE MACHINE'S FINAL TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS NOT WORKING AND THE FAULT ALARM WAS BLINKING. THE MACHINE WAS IN OPERATION AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. THE FINAL RINSE TEMPERATURE WAS MEASURED AT 155°F. OPERATIONS STOPPED DURING THE INSPECTION. A REVIEW OF PREVIOUS TEMPERATURE CHECKS OF THE UNIT NOTED FINAL SANITIZING TEMPERATURES OF GREATER THAN 160°F.
Recommendation: Ensure that warewashing equipment is maintained in good repair and proper adjustment including: (1) Being maintained in a state of repair and condition that meets the standards of the materials, design, and construction of these guidelines; and (2) Maintaining water pressure, and water temperature measuring devices in good repair and ensuring their accuracy within the intended range of use.
Item No.: 26
Site: Galley-DECK 4 PORT AND STARBOARD CLEAN GLASS STORAGE
Violation: SEVERAL PREVIOUSLY CLEANED GLASSES WERE SOILED AND STORED AS CLEAN.
Recommendation: Ensure that food-contact surfaces of equipment and utensils are clean to sight and touch.
Item No.: 28
Site: Galley-DECK 4 POT WASH
Violation: SEVERAL STACKS OF WET TRAYS AND POTS WERE STACKED TOGETHER FOR STORAGE IMPEDING AIR DRYING.
Recommendation: After cleaning and sanitizing, ensure that equipment and utensils are air-dried or adequately drained before contact with food. Ensure that clean equipment and utensils are stored: (1) In a self-draining position that allows air drying; and (2) Covered or inverted.
Item No.: 31
Site: Galley-DECK 4
Violation: ORANGES WERE SOAKING IN 200 PPM CHLORINE SOLUTION. THESE WET ORANGES WERE PLACED DIRECTLY FROM THE CHLORINE SOLUTION INTO THE JUICER MACHINE. STAFF STATED THAT THE CHLORINE SOLUTION WAS AT 50 PPM.
Recommendation: Ensure that the solution is allowed to air dry prior to placing the oranges in the juicer.
Item No.: 33
Site: Galley-HAMBURGER GRILL
Violation: THE PORT SIDE COLD STATION DECK DRAIN WAS SOILED.
Recommendation: Ensure that decks, bulkheads, deckheads, and attached equipment in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas, are cleaned as often as necessary.
Item No.: 34
Site: Galley-LA VERANDA CAFE
Violation: THE WATER FOUNTAIN WAS NOT WORKING.
Recommendation: Ensure that a plumbing system in a food area is maintained in good repair.
Item No.: 38
Site: Galley-DECK 4 BUTCHER PREP
Violation: THE VEGETABLE CUTTER AND THE POTATO PEELER HAVE NOT BEEN USED FOR OVER ONE YEAR. A SIGN STATING "NOT IN USE" WAS PLACED ON THE MACHINES. STAFF STATED THAT THESE MACHINES ARE NOT NEEDED ON THE VESSEL.
Recommendation: Ensure that only articles necessary for the food service operation are stored in food preparation, food storage, and warewashing areas.
Item No.: 40
Site: Integrated Pest Management-
Violation: THERE WAS NO RECORD OF INSPECTIONS OF INCOMING SHIPMENTS FOR APRIL 2006.
Recommendation: Ensure that incoming shipments of food and supplies are routinely inspected for evidence of insects, rodents, and other pests. A record of these inspections shall be maintained onboard the vessel and shall be available for review during inspections.
*Inspections scores of 85 or lower are NOT satisfactory
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