Shower heads and hoses
Crew remove, descale and clean them as they do now, then apply a short electrostatic pass to the cleaned components and surrounding shower area.
Lease by industry
Cruise ships & passenger vessels
Cabin turnarounds without holding the schedule
Outbreaks at sea are expensive, public and hard to contain. Cabins, galleys, buffet lines and public areas share air handling and thousands of passengers. Machines on board mean your own crew can treat a cabin the moment it is reported, then run preventative passes across public spaces on turnaround day.
Trusted in the most demanding environments
The same Sanondaf technology is leased and used by our hybrid service teams across NHS England and Scotland, county councils and some of the UK's largest companies and institutions.
Built around your operation
What leasing looks like here
- Immediate onboard response
- No waiting for the next port. A reported case is treated within minutes by trained crew, which is the single biggest factor in stopping spread. Getting an external team to a vessel that is not alongside realistically takes anywhere between 24 and 120 hours.
- Turnaround-day sweeps
- Public toilets, theatres, lifts, gyms, kids' clubs and buffet areas treated between sailings as a preventative measure while cabins are being serviced.
- Galley and provisioning stores
- Whole-volume treatment for galleys, cold rooms and dry stores where humidity and temperature swings encourage growth.
- Crew quarters
- Dense crew accommodation is often where an outbreak takes hold. Regular preventative cycles keep sick days down.
- 8kg, carried by one crew member
- The fogger weighs only 8kg and is carried by hand along corridors and down companionways — no wheels rolling contamination out of an affected area, and no lift or trolley logistics.
- Documented for inspection
- Cycle records, RAMS, disinfection certificates and validation indicators give you evidence for port health and flag state inspections.
- Marine experience behind the advice
- Our attended infection control teams have worked on passenger ferries and vessels at port and at sea, including CalMac ferries, Stena Line and Western Ferries. That operational background informs how we train your crew and set up your onboard programme — these were attended treatments, not machine leases.
Typically treated
Spaces we would cover
- Passenger cabins and suites
- Galleys, cold rooms and provision stores
- Buffet areas, bars and restaurants
- Theatres, gyms, spas and kids' clubs
- Medical centre and isolation cabins
- Crew accommodation and mess
Organisms of concern
What usually matters here
- Norovirus
- Legionella-associated damp areas
- Influenza and respiratory viruses
- Mould in humid cabins and stores
SanoChem is tested to EN 14476, EN 1276, EN 1650 and related standards, with up to 99.9999% reduction achievable under validated conditions.
Time back for your team
One trained team. Fewer hand-offs.
For your organisation, a machine already on site means Passenger cabins and suites and other approved areas can be treated on your timetable. In an urgent situation, a trained colleague may be able to start within around ten minutes once the area is prepared — while an external booking may still be awaiting a quote, approval or arrival. Your own signed-off team follows your site standards rather than having to brief a new visitor on them each time.
Stage
External visit
Machine on site
Arrange
Find availability, agree a quote and authorise the job or purchase order.
Your trained operator follows the agreed site procedure.
Access
Wait for arrival, then arrange sign-in, induction, access and an escort.
The machine and trained colleague are already on site.
Treat
Brief the provider, stay available, then check the work against your site standards.
Prepare and clear the area, then follow a familiar, approved treatment cycle.
Close out
Sign out, review the report and process the invoice for the visit.
Record the treatment and follow dwell and safe re-entry rules.
In-house does not mean skipping safeguards: cleaning first, trained operators, your risk assessment, exclusion, dwell time, re-entry checks and a treatment record still apply. A room may be ready within the hour where the validated process and site conditions allow; this is not a guaranteed turnaround.
On site versus called out
The savings chart for this sector
What one cabins / space actually costs you
One machine comfortably treats up to 5 rooms per hour depending on their size. But for example, consider two a day — around 60 cabins / spaces a month — with no per-treatment fee. Divide the monthly lease payment by what you treat, add the chemical used, and that is your true cost.
from £500 monthly lease payment + VAT ÷ 60 = £8.33 each
+ SanoChem used (from £15 / litre + VAT)
from ≈ £10–£12 per treatment + VAT
Indicative figures based on a standard 36-month lease from £450–£550 per month + VAT. Your exact figures depend on machine, volume and site count.
Against calling someone out
- Leased machine, your operator
- 5 minutes to start
- from ≈ £10–£12 + VAT per treatment
- Any external provider
- 6–24 hours to arrive
- from £495–£1,095 + VAT per attended visit
- There is also a cross-contamination consideration: externally transported machines may be wheeled from car parks, vehicles or lower-care areas into your controlled space. A machine kept on site stays within your own hygiene controls.
The saving is only half the point: at this cost you stop rationing treatment and start planning it.
Work it out for your site
Fogger ROI calculator
Enter your own treatment volumes, monthly lease payment, chemical use, call-out fee and the cost of an hour of closure. The calculator shows your true cost per treatment, your monthly and annual saving against reactive call-outs, and how many avoided call-outs cover the lease. It also highlights a benefit that is harder to price: your own dedicated machine stays within your hygiene controls rather than arriving through car parks, vehicles or lower-care areas.
Your figures
Fogger ROI calculator for cruise ships
Change any figure to match your operation. Everything is shown excluding VAT. Hover themarkers if you are unsure what a figure means.
Your result
What the machine returns
Cost per treatment with a leased machine
£12.08
£725 a month ÷ 60 treatments, chemical included, + VAT
- Leased machine, monthly
- £725
- Reactive call-outs + downtime, monthly
- £2,290
- Saving a month
- £1,565
- Saving a year
- £18,780
- Return on the monthly cost
- 216%
- Break-even
- 1.0 call-outs a month
*Prices start from £450 lease per month + VAT. Indicative only, excluding VAT, based on a 36–48 month lease from £450–£550 per month + VAT and SanoChem from £15 per litre + VAT (100 litre annual minimum). Downtime value is your own figure. We will confirm exact costs once we know your machine, volumes and site count.
The figures do not assign a cash value to cross-contamination risk. Keeping a dedicated machine on site also avoids externally transported equipment being wheeled in from car parks, vehicles or lower-care areas before it reaches the room being treated.
A quick thought experiment
What would you do tomorrow if you have four norovirus cabins and a turnaround in six hours?
The next port cannot mobilise a shore team inside the window. Guests are already boarding. Every hour a cabin stays out of service is a cabin you cannot re-let, and port health will want to see what was actually done.
With units held on board, cabins are treated as they are vacated and every cycle is logged for the outbreak plan.
See how this plays out in the example belowExample case study
How this tends to play out on site
The scenario below is an example, not a named client. It is built from the situations we are most often asked about in this sector so you can see how a leased machine fits into an existing routine.
Example case study — an illustrative, composite scenario written to show how a lease is typically used. It is not a report of named client work, and no figures here are a guarantee of results.
A cruise operator treats cabins inside turnaround day
Illustrative example: a mid-size vessel with a same-day passenger turnaround
The problem
Norovirus cases meant cabins and public areas needed a documented treatment, but shore-based providers could not be mobilised inside the turnaround window in every port.
How the lease was used
Two leased units are held on board with trained cabin and hotel staff as operators. Cabins are treated as they are vacated; public areas, galleys and crew mess are treated on a planned cycle between voyages.
How it fits the existing routine
In every example the fogging is built into the cleaning schedule already being run. The room is cleaned as normal, the machine is dropped in with a small do-not-enter card showing the safe entry time, and the team moves on to the next room — then leapfrogs the machine into the one just finished. Only a few extra seconds of handling per room, for a full hospital-grade decontamination.
What changed in the example
- Treatment begun within minutes of a cabin being reported, with no port dependency
- Documented cycles for the outbreak management plan and port health questions
- Crew quarters and galley included in the routine, not only affected cabins
- Re-entry typically under an hour, so cabins were re-let the same day
Fits your existing process
It blends into the cleaning schedule you already run
Your own janitors, cleaning staff or housekeepers build fogging into their normal daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or annual rounds. There is no separate programme to manage and no new headcount — the machine simply travels with the round.
- Step 1
Finish the clean as normal
Your team completes the standard cleaning process exactly as they do today — nothing is removed from the existing method or routine.
- Step 2
Drop the machine in, sign on the door
Set the volume, start the cycle and hang a small do-not-enter card showing the safe entry time. The room is then working on its own.
- Step 3
Leapfrog to the next room
Move on and clean the next room. When that one is done, the machine moves into it and the previous room reopens — a simple rolling leapfrog down the corridor.
- Step 4
Seconds per room, not minutes
Done this way it adds only a few seconds of handling per room, and each of those rooms gets a full hospital-grade decontamination rather than a surface wipe.
Why it stacks up
Why cruise ships operators keep a machine on site
Whatever the sector, the reasons organisations keep a machine on site are the same: better press, better attendance, less downtime and a lower environmental cost than the alternatives.
- Blends into your existing rota
- Your own janitors, cleaning staff or housekeepers finish the room as normal, drop the machine in with a do-not-enter card showing the safe entry time, then move on and leapfrog it into each completed room. Only a few extra seconds per room, for a full hospital-grade decontamination.
- Preventative, not reactive
- Once the machine is yours there is no per-treatment fee, so preventative treatment becomes something you schedule during normal downtime rather than something you authorise after an outbreak.
- Peace of mind, future proofed
- Whatever the next virus or outbreak turns out to be, the capability is already on site and the preventative measures are already in the rota. You are not starting from scratch when the headlines change.
- No additional staff cost
- There is no new headcount. Responsible staff you already employ are trained by us, and the routine or emergency treatment simply becomes part of their existing job description and rota.
- 8kg, carried by one person
- The fogger weighs only 8kg and is carried by hand, so there are no wheels rolling contamination out of an infected area, it fits small rooms and large halls alike, and one trained person can deploy it in minutes.
- Certificates you can display
- Every treatment can be logged and issued as a disinfection certificate for reception, customer areas, tender packs or inspections — visible proof that preventative measures are being taken.
- Environmentally sound chemistry
- SanoChem is a hydrogen peroxide and silver formulation that breaks down to water and oxygen. Non-toxic in use, no harsh biocide handling and a genuinely defensible environmental story.
- No residue
- Nothing is left on surfaces, fabrics, food-contact areas or electronics. No rinsing, no wiping down afterwards, no taint or film.
- No waste output
- No run-off to drain, no contaminated water, no piles of wipes and no disposal costs to account for in your waste stream.
- Lower energy cost
- Cycles run in minutes rather than hours, so there is no all-day plant running, no prolonged lighting and heating of a closed area and a smaller carbon footprint per treatment.
- Quick turnaround, higher productivity
- Re-entry is typically inside the hour. Rooms, vehicles and production areas come back into use the same shift instead of being written off for the day.
- Fewer sick days
- Regular preventative treatment of the shared spaces people actually use — canteens, washrooms, offices, mess rooms — is what reduces absence, not treating only the high-risk rooms.
- Broad spectrum, all year round
- Effective against bacteria, viruses, fungi, mould and spores, so the same programme covers winter norovirus and flu, summer mould and humidity, and everything in between.
Planned, not reactive
A planned, visible impression in customer service areas
Dated certificates displayed in guest-facing public areas, dining venues and crew mess rooms show guests and crew that hospital-grade disinfection is planned and routine — not a reaction to a problem.
Planned into the calendar
Treatments sit in the rota with dates agreed in advance, so the routine is already in place before an outbreak or an inspection.
A constant positive impression
A dated certificate on the wall answers the question before it is asked, and quietly builds confidence every time someone walks past it.
No increase, however many rooms
The lease payment is fixed and only solution is consumed, so treating more cabins, galleys or public areas does not increase the monthly cost.
Complements the process already in place
Clean as you do now, then close the task with an additional disinfection pass
This does not replace cleaning, descaling, waste removal or physical biofilm removal. Once that work is complete, a selected trained crew member can use the electrostatic sprayer for an additional broad-spectrum disinfection step. For a small item or defined work area, it may add only around one minute to the existing process.
Sinks, drains and biofilm-prone areas
Physical soil and accessible biofilm are removed first. The sprayer then adds broad-spectrum disinfection across the cleaned sink, fittings and nearby surfaces.
HVAC and air-conditioning touchpoints
After the normal mechanical clean, selected trained staff can treat accessible grilles, fan-coil surroundings and condensate-area surfaces before closing the task.
A solid, documentable close to the process
The treatment can be logged against the area, date, operator and machine, then included in a dated certificate or grouped report. Supervisors gain evidence that the conventional clean was followed by a consistent additional disinfection step. Site procedures, manufacturer instructions and current sector requirements always take precedence.
Peace of mind, made visible
Turn preventative treatment into something people can see
Every treatment can be logged and issued as a dated disinfection certificate to display in reception and customer areas. It reassures the people who use your premises, it helps future-proof you against whatever the next virus or outbreak turns out to be, and it shows inspectors and clients that preventative measures are part of the routine rather than a response to a problem.
- Good news on the cabin television
- Turn a preventative treatment into a guest message. "Great news — the buffet area and children's soft play have now been fully decontaminated," or simply "for your peace of mind, we have carried out a hospital-grade disinfection of the promenade. There was no problem there; we just wanted it to be extra safe." Reassurance lands far better than silence.
- Opt-in cabin disinfection during shore excursions
- Offer guests in higher-grade cabins and suites an opt-in machine disinfection of their room while they are ashore for the day, with a decontamination confirmation waiting on their television when they return. It is something no line has offered before, and it is exactly the kind of detail guests talk about.
- Certificates displayed in guest areas
- Print and display a dated disinfection certificate at the buffet entrance, the kids' club door, the spa reception or the gym — visible proof that preventative measures are routine on board, not a response to a problem.
- No additional crew cost
- No new headcount and no contractor to fly out. Responsible crew you already employ are trained by us, and routine or emergency treatment simply becomes part of their existing role and rota.
Optional supported launch · cruise only
The supported launch cruise — we sail with you for the first one
You can lease as many or as few machines as you need — one is fine — and every lease includes operator training, with cost depending on location. If you want deeper support, two or three of our operators can join the first cruise. It is not simply a lease with a training session bolted on: it is planning the decks with your officers, proving the method on your own ship, training housekeeping and the senior team on the app, and pushing awareness through your guests and the press — then handing you a standard you are equipped to hold and adapt as you go.
Team training before embarkation day
Ideally we are with your housekeeping and public health team before guests board — hands-on machine practice, cycle timings, room preparation, do-not-enter cards and safe re-entry, so the crew are competent before the first sailing rather than learning on it.
Planning stage over the ship blueprints
We sit down with your deck plans and blueprints, work out where machines live, how a deck is worked room by room, where the leapfrogging sequence saves time, and then we plan one deck together and execute it with your trained team so the method is proven on your ship.
Two or three of our operators alongside your crew
Supervised support for the first cruise if that is what you want. Our operators work with your team on the live sailing — routine passes, an outbreak response if one occurs, and correction in the moment rather than in a debrief weeks later.
'Pulse' — a day with your guests
A stand or a corner in one of the shops for a day, speaking to guests who opt in. What makes them feel safer about viruses on board, what they would suggest, and a walk-through of what the line is now doing. Guests leave with genuine reassurance, and you leave with feedback you cannot buy.
Press, media and influencers
Awareness is half the value. Introduce us to any influencers or media contacts you have on board and we will meet them, be interviewed and support their coverage — putting your line and what it is doing on a pedestal rather than leaving it unseen.
Training on the app — operator, captain and senior team
Housekeeping trained on the operator login for logging treatments room by room. The captain, first officer and senior team trained on the captain login: outbreak flags, the priority list, re-entry authorisation, the end-of-day certificates and reporting up to the fleet office.
Cost and availability
Standard operator training is included with every lease, with cost depending on location. The supported launch cruise is price on application — it depends on the length of the sailing, the number of operators you want alongside your crew and how much of the guest-facing and media work you take up. This optional cruise is available where four or more machines are leased on that ship.
Why the supported launch cruise needs four or more machines
The supported launch cruise is built around visible impact. With one or two machines we could not cover enough of the ship in a sailing to show guests, crew and press a visible change in standard. Four or more lets a deck be worked properly, public spaces swept on turnaround and the programme genuinely demonstrated.
Questions we are asked
Cruise ships leasing: frequently asked questions
- How much does it cost to disinfect one cabins / space with a leased Sanondaf fogger?
- With a lease from £450–£550 per month + VAT and SanoChem from £15 per litre + VAT, treating around 60 cabins / spaces a month works out at roughly £10–£12 per treatment + VAT. There is no per-treatment call-out fee, so the more you treat the lower the cost of each one. Use the ROI calculator on this page to enter your own volumes, monthly lease payment and downtime cost.
- How quickly can cruise ships sites respond to an outbreak with their own machine?
- Your trained operator can begin a treatment in about five minutes because the machine is already on site. Calling an external provider means reporting the incident, waiting for travel, site sign-in and equipment movement — realistically six to twenty-four hours. There is also a cross-contamination consideration: externally transported machines may pass through vehicles, car parks or lower-care areas before entering your controlled space, whereas your dedicated machine remains within your own hygiene controls.
- Who can lease a Sanondaf disinfection machine?
- Leasing is offered only to registered organisations that are approved for application, for use on their own sites by staff Sanondaf has trained. We do not lease to private individuals. Typical lease terms are 36 to 48 months and include operator training, two calibration visits and documentation for risk assessments.
- Is the disinfectant safe and environmentally friendly?
- SanoChem is a hydrogen peroxide and silver formulation that breaks down to water and oxygen, leaving no residue and no waste output to dispose of. It is non-corrosive and safe around electronics, and rooms are typically re-enterable in under an hour. It is tested to EN 14476, EN 1276, EN 1650 and related standards, with up to 99.9999% reduction achievable under validated conditions.
- Can we use the machine preventatively rather than only in an emergency?
- Yes — that is the main advantage of leasing. Because each treatment costs around £10–£12 + VAT rather than a call-out fee, cruise ships operators schedule treatments into planned downtime and cover the everyday spaces too, not just the critical ones.
- Can we issue disinfection certificates to display in customer areas?
- Yes. Every treatment can be logged and issued as a dated disinfection certificate, so cruise ships operators display them in reception, customer-facing areas, tender packs and inspection files — visible proof that preventative measures are routine rather than reactive.
- Does leasing mean employing extra staff?
- No. There is no additional staff cost and no new headcount. Responsible staff you already employ are trained by us, and the routine or emergency treatment becomes part of their existing job description and rota.
- How portable is the machine?
- The fogger weighs only 8kg and is carried by hand by one person, so there are no wheels rolling contamination out of an infected area. It fits small rooms and large halls alike and can be deployed within minutes.
- What is required at the start of the lease?
- Three months' lease payments are required upfront, along with a minimum initial SanoChem order of 100 litres unless otherwise authorised. Operator training and documentation are included.
- Is machine leasing available outside Shropshire and the West Midlands?
- Yes. Sanondaf has 12 offices across the UK plus a further six in Scotland, plus offices covering Northern Ireland, Wales, the Channel Islands, Iceland, Lebanon, Thailand, Malta, Mexico, South Africa and the USA — with more areas and countries opening every few months. If you are outside our region we will point you to the office that covers you.
- What if we are unsure how to handle a particular outbreak?
- We can attend with a couple of our own machines at a reduced rate to organise or supervise the response as a hybrid service, then hand it back to your trained operators.
Next step
Talk to the leasing team
We will size the machine to your volumes, set out the training your staff need and give you the documentation your risk assessments ask for. If you would rather see it done first, we can attend with machines at a reduced rate and supervise your first treatments.
Registered organisations only, approved for application, for use on their own sites.
Where we can lease
UK-wide support, coordinated from Shropshire and the West Midlands
Your lease, training and ongoing support is coordinated from the Shropshire & West Midlands office, backed by the wider Sanondaf support network across the UK and further afield. If your group has sites elsewhere, a machine can very often be leased there too, with the same training, calibration and preventative treatment programme — so one policy covers every site rather than one region.
United Kingdom & Islands
- 12 offices across the UK, plus a further six in Scotland
- Coverage across many areas of Northern Ireland and Wales
- Channel Islands
International offices able to lease
- Iceland
- Malta
- Lebanon
- Thailand
- Mexico
- South Africa
- USA
New regions and countries are opening every few months. Tell us where your sites are and we will confirm what can be covered today.