Norovirus Cruise Ship

Personally Ive made 70 cruise and ship inspections.

Norovirus cruise ship. The ship falls within the purview of the Vessel Sanitation Program VSP. When 2 or more of the passengers or crew have gastrointestinal illness. Once exposed infected people are initially asymptomatic even though they are contagious.

There have also been some notable cases reported during the last few years including. An outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis affected passengers on two consecutive cruises of ship X and continued on 4 subsequent cruises despite a 1-week sanitization. Norovirus causes a majority of outbreaks of gastrointestinal GI illness on cruise ships calling on the United States.

It spreads in locations where people are congregated into enclosed spaces nursing homes hospitals daycares and schools hotels dormitoriesand yes cruise ships. Norovirus is a very contagious virus causing acute gastroenteritis inflammation of the stomach intestines or both. One client asked me it safe to go on the cruise ship.

We documented transmission by food and person-to-person contact. The Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas cruise ship is cutting its journey short after 475 passengers and crew members have been infected with a norovirus Royal Caribbean Cruises announced Thursday. How to avoid norovirus on cruise ships.

With cruise ship outbreaks regularly appearing in the news awareness of Norovirus -- an extremely common and highly contagious virus that causes gastroenteritis -- has been significantly raised. Persistence of virus despite sanitization onboard including introdu. Controlling Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships can be challenging.

Starting from January 1 2015 total of 5 cases of norovirus were reported. CDC investigators traced the source of 10 cruise ship outbreaks back to a smoothie made with frozen raspberries. From 2008 to 2014 74 million passengers sailed on cruise ships in the Vessel Sanitation Programs jurisdiction.