Category: <span>Cruise</span>
VIKAND Launches Infection Control Officer Training Course
Passenger Vessel Sector Faces Winding Path Back to ‘Normal’
VIKAND Launches Infection Control Officer Training Program
Date: 02 February 2022 Maritime Medical and Public Health specialist VIKAND Solutions has launched an online Infection Control Officer training course for the cruise and commercial shipping industries. The course equips crew from differing environments with an opportunity to learn more about infectious disease epidemiology and its application within the maritime sector. Taking approximately 30…
Why Wearing Face Masks is Still Important
By David Best, Director of Public Health Aristotle famously wrote, “The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know.” If there was ever a quote most apt at explaining our knowledge of COVID-19 transmission, this would almost certainly be it. In the early weeks and months of the pandemic, the universal scientific guidance…
Sailing the Seas as a Shipboard Paramedic
By Robert Cooper, Writer “I have always sought out challenging environments,” says Ryan Rivers as he explains how he became a VIKAND shipboard paramedic on a commercial fishing vessel that sails the Bering Sea. Singlehandedly treating an array of serious medical issues for an international crew of 140 aboard a fishing trawler during five months…
The Future of Handwashing
By David Best, Director of Public Health The COVID-19 pandemic has been a ‘moment of change’ in the usual handwashing habits for many individuals. A recent study on consumer hand hygiene behavior published by the UK Food Standards Agency noted the pandemic was cited as a direct cause of participants washing their hands for longer,…
From Pungent to Pure: How PYURE Dynamic Protection Transformed Black/Gray Water Odor into Clean Air Onboard
In the maritime industry, it is not unusual to have black and gray water onboard. In fact, they are essential to the overall operation of a vessel. From the water that comes out of the sink to the water that comes out of the toilet, gray and black water play a crucial role in the…
Top Transferable Cruise Ship Public Health Principles for the Maritime Industry
By David Best, Director of Public Health In the book The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway wrote, “Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.” Wise words, indeed, and perhaps advice that many maritime executives might consider in these…