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Dermica Medesthetics

201R - 10518 82 Avenue NW Edmonton AB T6E 2A4 · Personal Services

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Inspection summary

Dermica Medesthetics has been inspected 4 times by Alberta Health Services (Environmental Public Health) since September 3, 2024. The most recent inspection, on October 16, 2026, found no infractions.

2 of 4 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there was 1 inspection with 0 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Hand hygiene and infection control.

The last 2 inspections in a row found no infractions. Recent inspections have recorded fewer infractions than earlier ones, so the record is improving.

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 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on September 5, 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 4 times on September 3, 2024. For example: Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?

  • Permits, records and postingLower risk

    Operating permits, client records, sterilization logs and required signage. Client records matter because they let health officials contact people if an infection is linked to the business.

    Recorded 3 times on September 3, 2024. For example: Are facility-specific written procedures established to adequately describe safe and sanitary practices?

  • Food safety training and certificationLower risk

    Some jurisdictions require operators to complete infection-prevention training, or to hold specific qualifications for higher-risk services such as tattooing, piercing or electrolysis. These findings mean the training record was missing at the time. They do not by themselves mean a client was put at risk.

    Recorded once on September 3, 2024. For example: Has the operator notified the RHA of the existence of a personal service business, including contact and location information, as well as all personal services currently offered or new personal services that will be offered for facilities and/or special events?

  • 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 6 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on September 5, 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.

4 inspections

  1. Monitoring Inspection

    0 infractions

  2. Risk Management Inspection

    0 infractions

  3. Risk Management Inspection

    3 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?
      • Hand sanitizer expired in January 2024. Ensure that hand sanitizers used have NPN/DIN, alcohol content between 60 and 90%, and are not expired.
    • 26. Are cosmetic products appropriate for their intended use and being handled properly?
      • Some cosmetic products did not have appropriate labels: Glo line products did not have ingredients listed and some cosmetic product bottles did not have labels. Ensure that all cosmetic products have appropriate labels. Updated on September 5, 2024:* Some cosmetic products did not have appropriate labels: some cosmetic product bottles did not have labels (small bottles on the pedicure workstation). Ensure that all cosmetic products have appropriate labels.
    • 26. Are cosmetic products appropriate for their intended use and being handled properly?
      • The numbing cream used for microblading services expired in May 2021. Please obtain the new cream.
  4. Demand Inspection

    13 infractions

    • 02. Has the operator notified the RHA of the existence of a personal service business, including contact and location information, as well as all personal services currently offered or new personal services that will be offered for facilities and/or special events?
      • The owner of the personal service business did not submit a notification about the business to the Alberta Health Services. Submit the notification to AHS.
    • 03. Are facility-specific written procedures established to adequately describe safe and sanitary practices?
      • No written procedures for skin cleansing prior to services, antiseptic use, reprocessing sink decontamination and accidental cuts were available.
    • 08. Is hand hygiene performed by the personal services worker when required, in a proper manner and are provisions available to perform hand hygiene?
      • Hand sanitizer expired in January 2024. Ensure that hand sanitizers used have NPN/DIN, alcohol content between 60 and 90%, and are not expired.
    • 10. Is cleansing and antisepsis of skin and mucous membrane performed in accordance to written procedures and are suitable products being used?
      • Unacceptable antiseptic product was used for skin preparation: product expired in December 2018. Obtain a new antiseptic product.
    • 12. Are personal services workers at the facility maintaining client records and where applicable, sterility documentation corresponding to that client?
      • Sterility assurance documentation for sterile equipment was not retained with the clients' records. Ensure that sterility assurance documentation for all critical equipment used during services is retained with clients' forms.
    • 20. Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?
      • No approved disinfectant has been used for tools disinfection: Preempt HLD5 disinfectant expired on December 1, 2022. Approved high-level disinfectant is required.
    • 20. Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?
      • No approved disinfectant was available for surface disinfection: Preempt RTU (ILD) expired in July 2022 and FlexiClean (LLD) expired in December 2023. Obtain an appropriate disinfectant for surface disinfection.
    • 20. Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?
      • No records of testing of high-level disinfectant were available, and no testing of disinfectant has been conducted as required.
    • 20. Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?
      • No test strips were available to test the concentration of high-level disinfectant. Obtain the appropriate strips.
    • 26. Are cosmetic products appropriate for their intended use and being handled properly?
      • Some cosmetic products did not have appropriate labels: Glo line products did not have ingredients listed and some cosmetic product bottles did not have labels. Ensure that all cosmetic products have appropriate labels.
    • 26. Are cosmetic products appropriate for their intended use and being handled properly?
      • 1. Some tinting products were used against manufacturer's instructions: addressed during the inspection. 2. Some needles were used against manufacturer's instructions: needles expired in June 2022: addressed during the inspection.
    • 26. Are cosmetic products appropriate for their intended use and being handled properly?
      • The numbing cream used for microblading services expired in May 2021. Please obtain the new cream.
    • 31. Are sinks accessible and used appropriately for the personal services provided?
      • The reprocessing sink was also used for hand washing, and no written procedures for reprocessing sink decontamination was available.

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