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Dr. Bishop & Associates

103 - 495 36 Street NE Calgary AB T2A 6K3 · Personal Services

3 inspections

  1. Monitoring Inspection

    1 infraction

    • 20. Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?
      • Please record High-Level Disinfectant. PHI will send log sheet.
  2. Risk Management Inspection

    0 infractions

  3. Demand Inspection

    6 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 operator providing personal services without notifying the Regional Health Authority.-Please fill and complete the Personal Services Notification form, the form is available on AHS PSN website.
    • 03. Are facility-specific written procedures established to adequately describe safe and sanitary practices?
      • Written procedures for skin cleansing, antiseptic application and in an event of accidental cut or puncture were not available during the inspection.-Please develop and have available onsite, written procedures for:1. Skin cleansing;2. Antiseptic application; 3. Procedure to follow in an event of accidental cut or puncture; and 4. Sink decontamination if use for both hand washing and equipment reprocessing.AHS written procedures templates available on https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/wf/eph/wf-eph-written-procedure-templates-personal-services.pdf
    • 08. Is hand hygiene performed by the personal services worker when required, in a proper manner and are provisions available to perform hand hygiene?
      • 1. Hand sanitizer available onsite during the inspection had no DIN or NPN.-Please provide and use appropriate alcohol-based hand sanitizer.2. There were no paper towels available at the hand washing/reprocessing sink.-Please provide paper towels at the indicated area to ensure proper handwashing process.
    • 10. Is cleansing and antisepsis of skin and mucous membrane performed in accordance to written procedures and are suitable products being used?
      • The antiseptic product, 99% alcohol, used for antiseptic application on the skin as well as machine handles disinfectant was without Health Canada's Drug Identification Number (DIN) or Natural Product Number (NPN).-Please provide antiseptic product with the indicated DIN or NPN for skin antiseptic application.-For machine handles disinfection, obtain 70% alcohol with a DIN or use a disinfectant with a DIN and consult the manufacturer.
    • 12. Are personal services workers at the facility maintaining client records and where applicable, sterility documentation corresponding to that client?
      • There was no sterility assurance records such as lot number, expiry date and manufacturer's name of prepackaged sterile critical equipment (needles or cartridges) for clients who undergone invasive procedures.-Please maintain sterility assurance documentation for all clients who use prepackaged sterile critical equipment. Ensure the information are kept accessible with clients' contact information for at least two years.
    • 20. Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?
      • High-level disinfectant was not available during the inspection.-Please provide and use high-level disinfectant such as preempt CS20 or HLD5 if reusing semi-critical equipment such as tweezers and extractors.-If intending to reuse the high-level disinfectant for more than one day, please procure suitable test strip to monitor its concentration and document the test results as required.