Ship Sanitation Certificate Program Course
WHO's central and core responsibility is - ✔✔The management of the global regime for control
of the international spread of disease
International Health Regulations Article 2
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Ship Sanitation Certificate Program Course
WHO's central and core responsibility is - ✔✔The management of the global regime for control
of the international spread of disease
International Health Regulations Article 2 purpose scope is - ✔✔To prevent, protect against,
control and provide a public health response to the international spread of disease
PHEIC stands for - ✔✔Public Health Emergency International Concerns
IHR Article 36 is - ✔✔Certificate of vaccination or other prophylaxis-provided by ship
IHR Article 37 is - ✔✔Maritime declaration of health-provided by ship
IHR Article 39 is - ✔✔Ship sanitation certificates
Article 37 maritime declaration of health is signed by the CO and countersigned by who -
✔✔Senior medical department representive
Article 39-how many ship sanitation control certificates and what are they - ✔✔2
*ship sanitation control exemption certificate
*ship sanitation control certificate
Ship sanitation control exemption certificate is issued when - ✔✔No PHEIC is found
Ship sanitation control certificate is issued when - ✔✔PHEIC is found
How long are the ship sanitation control exemption certificate/ship sanitation control certificate
valid for - ✔✔Six months
How long are the ship sanitation control exemption certificate/ship sanitation control certificate
may be renewed once for - ✔✔One month
Who are the ship sanitation certificates issued by - ✔✔By the unit who issued them
PHEIC determination uses - ✔✔Annex 2
PHEIC event involving one or more cases of four specific diseases are - ✔✔*smallpox
*Poliomyelitis due to wild-type poliovirus
*human influenza (new subtype)
*SARS
Ship sanitation certificates use to be - ✔✔deratting certificates and deratting exemption
certificates
CDC issued written policy is - ✔✔Ship sanitation certificates are not required for ships to enter a
US seaport
United States naval service vessels and afloat prepositioning force ships will not be subject to -
✔✔Inspections or searches by foreign officials for any purpose
Article 39 of IHR implanted the Ship Sanitation Certificate Program (SSCP) which replaced the
previous - ✔✔Deratting certificates
Navy and Marine Corp Public Health Center reports to - ✔✔CDC (Center for Disease Control)
NMCPHC authorized agents will issue vessel certificates to - ✔✔*navy
*army
*NOAA
*coast guard
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine provides overall guidance to Navy by who -
✔✔CDC
MARAD ready reserve fleet vessels when activated fall under who - ✔✔MSC
Ship sanitation certificate inspections are not - ✔✔Comprehensive environmental health survey
Elements/references of Ship Sanitation Certification Inspections involve - ✔✔*medical/DNBI
*food safety
*drinking water
*Habitability
*sewage(CHT)
*ballast management compliant with naval policy
*rodent and vermin control
*solid and medical waste
NMCPHC reports to - ✔✔CDC liaison
NEPMU 2, 5, 6 provide - ✔✔Training/CANTRAC course and QA local program
Absolute responsibility for the safety, efficiency, well-being of his/her crew is - ✔✔The
Commanding Officer
Inspector must communicate findings with who before issuing SSCC - ✔✔Crew
Advice ship on what documents to have ready - ✔✔*potable water log
*DNBI weekly reports for past month
*food safety training records
Elements of the SSC inspection: outside - ✔✔Pest infestations/trash
Elements of the SSC inspection: engine room - ✔✔Potable water treatment
Pest infestation inspection: inspect rodents signs of - ✔✔Droppings, rub marks, hair, nesting
evidence and gnaw marks
Rat guards no longer required except when - ✔✔In a port where plague is endemic
Potable water logs should confirm - ✔✔*daily halogen
*weekly coliform bacteria testing
*monthly potable water tanks
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