Replies to post #61140 on PCT Ltd (PCTL)

[BRITT2575]

I think PCTL would be ideal to clean cruise ships fast and efficiently with their ANNIHILYZER Machines!

[growinstax]

Additionally, airplanes, trains/subway, buses. Any form of mass transit. It can only instill confidence in the public and staff. May mitigate some of the losses much sooner

[Running Q]

Great post...grounded in reality with the future potential clearly expressed. The aspect of the “comfort and assurance” this technology offers a company’s (hospitals, cruise ships, hotels, etc) customer base is priceless.

Think of hotels...imagine if a hotel chain has 5-10 machines per property and sanitizes every room after each stay. They now market their properties stating every room is completely sanitized after every stay and the room you enter is truly clean. Where do you think the public will want to stay? Hotel chain A that has PCTL technology or Hotel B that doesn’t? The profits are exponential!

[beer$$money]

Vessel Sanitation> Needs to be a major overhaul of this Program:

The Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assists the cruise ship industry to prevent and control the introduction, transmission, and spread of gastrointestinal (GI) illnesses on cruise ships. VSP operates under the authority of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 264 Quarantine and Inspection Regulations to Control Communicable Diseases).

VSP is part of the National Center for Environmental Health’s Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice.

About the Vessel Sanitation Program:

How often are ships inspected?

Cruise ships under VSP’s jurisdiction are subject to two inspections each year. If a ship sails outside of the United States for an extended period of time, it may not be inspected twice a year, but it will be inspected again when it returns to the United States.

Do ships know when the inspection will occur?

No. The twice-yearly inspections are unannounced.

How are cruise ships scored?

Cruise ships are scored on a 100-point scale. Inspection criteria are defined in the current VSP Operations Manual. Criteria are assigned a point value; points are deducted from the score when there is a pattern of similar violations of the same criteria or when there is a single, significant violation.

Points are deducted from that score based on public health significance. An 85 or below is a failing score. All scores are posted on the VSP website.

Are ships required to correct violations found during inspections?

Yes. Although ships are responsible for correcting all violations, some critical violations must be corrected immediately. Each ship must submit a corrective action statement describing how the violations were corrected.

Some violations can be corrected during the inspection; others may take longer to correct.

What happens if a ship fails an inspection?

Ships that fail inspections are reinspected within a reasonable time period.

When would VSP recommend that a ship not sail?

An inspection failure does not warrant a no-sail recommendation unless there is an imminent public health risk.


We accomplish our mission by

Inspecting cruise ships in periodic, unannounced operational sanitation inspections.
Monitoring gastrointestinal illnesses and investigating or responding to outbreaks.
Training cruise ship employees on public health practices.
Providing health education and reliable and current public health information to the cruise ship industry, the traveling public, public health professionals, state and local health authorities, and the media.
Which Cruise Ships Are Under VSP’s Jurisdiction?
Cruise ships under VSP jurisdiction

Carry 13 or more passengers and
Have a foreign itinerary with U.S. ports.

How Does VSP Operate?

The program operates by the public health standards that can be found in the current version of the VSP Operations Manual These criteria target the control and prevention of gastrointestinal illnesses on cruise ships and are primarily based on standards found in the FDA Food Codeexternal icon and the World Health Organization’s Guide to Ship Sanitation.external icon

VSP periodically updates the VSP Operations Manual to reflect new technologies, current food science, disease patterns and trends, and emerging pathogens.

Inspection Fees
Cruise ship owners pay a fee based on the ship’s size for operational inspections or reinspections.

VSP does not charge a fee for plan reviews or consultations related to renovations or new cruise ships.


Fee Schedule, October 1, 2018-September 30, 2019

Fee Schedule for Each Vessel Size
Vessel Size (GRT1) Inspection Fee
Extra Small (<3,000 GRT) US$1,495
Small (3,001-15,000 GRT) US$2,990
Medium (15,001-30,000 GRT) US$5,980
Large (30,001-60,000 GRT) US$8,970
Extra Large (60,001-120,000 GRT) US$11,960
Mega (>120,001 GRT) US$17,940

1Gross register tonnage in cubic feet, as shown in Lloyd’s Register of Shipping.

The fee schedule is also posted in the Federal Register.external icon

Fee Schedule, October 1, 2019-September 30, 2020

Fee Schedule for Each Vessel Size—Operations Inspections
Vessel Size (GRT1) Inspection Fee
Extra Small (<3,000 GRT) US$1,495
Small (3,001-15,000 GRT) US$2,990
Medium (15,001-30,000 GRT) US$5,980
Large (30,001-60,000 GRT) US$8,970
Extra Large (60,001-120,000 GRT) US$11,960
Mega (>120,001-140,000 GRT) US$17,940
Super Mega (>140,001 GRT)* US$23,920

https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp/desc/about_inspections.htm