Blo Blow Dry Bar
1150 Hamilton St, Vancouver BC V6B 2S2 · Non-Invasive
Inspection summary
Blo Blow Dry Bar has been inspected 7 times by Vancouver Coastal Health since May 29, 2015. The most recent inspection, on April 1, 2025, recorded 2 infractions.
3 of 7 inspections on record found no infractions at all. No inspections are on record from the past 12 months. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Hand hygiene and infection control and Cleaning, disinfection and sterilization.
Recent inspections have recorded more infractions than earlier ones, so it is worth reading the latest reports closely.
What these findings mean
Health authorities word their findings differently, so we group them by what they mean for clients. In personal service settings like salons, spas and tattoo studios, higher-risk findings are the ones that could spread infection from one client to the next, through broken skin, blood or instruments that were not properly cleaned and sterilized.
Hand hygiene and infection controlHigher risk
Infection control is the core of a personal service inspection. Inspectors check that operators clean their hands and change gloves between clients, that a stocked hand sink is available, and that anything that breaks the skin is handled so blood-borne infections such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV cannot pass from one client to the next.
Recorded 4 times across 4 separate inspections, most recently on April 1, 2025. For example:
Adequate infection control measures are implemented.
Cleaning, disinfection and sterilizationHigher risk
Tools that touch clients, such as clippers, nail files, footbaths and tattoo equipment, must be cleaned and then disinfected or sterilized to the level the risk requires. Inspectors check disinfectant contact times, sterilizer test results and how clean tools are stored. Items that cannot be properly cleaned must be used only once.
Recorded once on April 1, 2025. For example:
Premises, work surfaces, instruments are adequately sanitized/disinfected and maintained.
About this data
These results come from Vancouver Coastal Health, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.
7 inspections
- Routine
2 infractions
- Premises, work surfaces, instruments are adequately sanitized/disinfected and maintained.
- The work area is not clean, organized, free of clutter and well lit.
- Adequate infection control measures are implemented.
- Premises, work surfaces, instruments are adequately sanitized/disinfected and maintained.
- Routine
1 infraction
- Adequate infection control measures are implemented.
- Items contacting hair only are not cleaned with soap and water, rinsed, dried then low level disinfected after each use.
- Instrument(s) that accidentally break the skin during a procedure are not cleaned and then intermediate or high level disinfected.
- The disinfectant solution is not made and/or used according to manufacturer's specification and/or not readily available.
- Adequate infection control measures are implemented.
- Routine
1 infraction
- Adequate infection control measures are implemented.
- The disinfectant solution is not made and/or used according to manufacturer's specification and/or not readily available.
- Adequate infection control measures are implemented.
- Routine
0 infractions
- Routine
0 infractions
- Routine
0 infractions
- Routine
1 infraction
- Adequate infection control measures are implemented.
- Items contacting hair only are not cleaned with soap and water, rinsed, dried then low level disinfected after each use.
- The disinfectant solution is not made and/or used according to manufacturer's specification and/or not readily available.
- Adequate infection control measures are implemented.
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