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National Center For Environmental Health News

26 Mar 2004

Vessel Sanitation Program Meeting

The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will host a meeting in Ft. Lauderdale on April 27 to review the current status of the vessel sanitation program (VSP) and experience to date with vessel operations. Among the topics on the agenda are plans to revise the Operations Manual 2000 and the Construction Guidelines. 69 Fed. Reg. 15835 (March 26, 2004).

22 Jul 2004

VSP Guidelines to be Discussed

The National Center for Environmental Health will host a meeting in Port Everglades on August 23-26 to discuss planned revisions to the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) Operations Manual and the Recommended Ship Building Guidelines for Cruise Vessels Destined to Call on U.S. Ports. Source: HK Law

18 Dec 2002

CDC Analyzes Illness Aboard Cruise Ships

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a report entitled, Outbreaks of Gastroenteritis Associated with Noroviruses on Cruise Ships, United States 2002. During January 1--December 2, 2002, CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP), which conducts surveillance for acute gastroenteritis (AGE) on cruise ships with foreign itineraries sailing into U.S. ports (1), received reports of 21 outbreaks of AGE* on 17 cruise ships. Of the 21 outbreaks, nine were confirmed by laboratory analysis of stool specimens from affected persons to be associated with noroviruses, three were attributable to bacterial agents, and nine were of unknown etiology. Seven outbreaks were reported in 2001, and of these, four were confirmed to be associated with norovirus (CDC, unpublished data, 2002).