Denim & Smith Barbershops
53 Sage Hill Pass NW Calgary AB T2G 2L3 · Personal Services
Inspection summary
Denim & Smith Barbershops has been inspected 2 times by Alberta Health Services (Environmental Public Health) since July 18, 2024. The most recent inspection, on August 15, 2024, found no infractions.
1 of 2 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.
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 once on July 18, 2024. For example:
Is hand hygiene performed by the personal services worker when required, in a proper manner and are provisions available to perform hand hygiene?
Equipment and utensilsLower risk
Instruments, chairs, tables and footbaths must be made of materials that can be cleaned, kept in good repair and stored so they stay clean. Single-use items such as nail files, buffers, razors and needles must be thrown away after each client.
Recorded 2 times on July 18, 2024. For example:
Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?
Other findingsLower risk
Findings that do not fit the categories above, such as follow-ups that confirm an earlier violation was corrected, or requirements specific to this type of facility.
Recorded once on July 18, 2024. For example:
Are cosmetic products appropriate for their intended use and being handled properly?
About this data
These results come from Alberta Health Services (Environmental Public 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.
2 inspections
- Risk Management Inspection
0 infractions
- Initial Inspection
4 infractions
- 08. Is hand hygiene performed by the personal services worker when required, in a proper manner and are provisions available to perform hand hygiene?
- Paper towel was not in a suitable dispenser in the washroom. Replace the paper towel in the holder.
- 20. Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?
- Barbicide solution was only filled halfway up the jar and was not fully immersing combs and equipment.Fill up the jar in its entirety and replace at minimum weekly. Recommend purchasing a spray disinfectant such as Preempt RTU to thoroughly clean and disinfect tools.
- 26. Are cosmetic products appropriate for their intended use and being handled properly?
- An old wax pot was found with a stick still inserted into the wax. The unit was very dirty and had hair on it.Facility cannot wax until inspector has reviewed procedures with staff and facility has completed written procedures for client care.
- 27. Is the facility maintained in a visibly clean state and are environmental surfaces cleaned and disinfected properly?
- There was a buildup of hair found on tools, surfaces, capes and chairs. There was hair found on disinfectant bottle, and used neck strips were not thrown away. One used neck strip that was left on the work space had spots of blood.- All work surfaces, including countertops and chairs, must be cleaned and disinfected after each client- Tools must be cleaned immediately after use and disinfected with an appropriate tool disinfectant. Clippercide may be used but has a 10 min contact time in order for it to work. Recommend something with a shorter contact time such as Preempt RTU. No barbicide jars were seen at 2 stations.- Capes must be laundered when soiled/at end of day.
- 08. Is hand hygiene performed by the personal services worker when required, in a proper manner and are provisions available to perform hand hygiene?