Escada Hair International
2331 66 Street NW Edmonton AB T6K 4B4 · Personal Services
Inspection summary
Escada Hair International has been inspected 4 times by Alberta Health Services (Environmental Public Health) since March 25, 2025. The most recent inspection, on April 24, 2025, found no infractions.
1 of 4 inspections on record found no infractions at all. No inspections are on record from the past 12 months. All recorded findings relate to upkeep, equipment or paperwork rather than direct infection-control risks to clients.
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.
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 5 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on April 1, 2025. 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 across 2 separate inspections, most recently on April 15, 2025. 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 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on April 1, 2025. 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 2 times on March 25, 2025. 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
- Risk Management Inspection
0 infractions
- Risk Management Inspection
1 infraction
- 03. Are facility-specific written procedures established to adequately describe safe and sanitary practices?
- Written procedures were not available for skin cleansing for waxing services. Written procedures for skin antisepsis and post-service care were not available for piercing services. Please fill out pages 2, 3 and 4 of the written procedure templates at the link below:https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/wf/eph/wf-eph-written-procedure-templates-personal-services.pdf
- 03. Are facility-specific written procedures established to adequately describe safe and sanitary practices?
- Risk Management Inspection
4 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?
- Personal services notification not complete. Please complete the electronic form at the link below:https://ephisahs.albertahealthservices.ca/create-case-psn/
- 03. Are facility-specific written procedures established to adequately describe safe and sanitary practices?
- Written procedures were not available for skin cleansing for waxing services. Written procedures for skin antisepsis and post-service care were not available for piercing services. Please fill out pages 2, 3 and 4 of the written procedure templates at the link below:https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/wf/eph/wf-eph-written-procedure-templates-personal-services.pdf
- 12. Are personal services workers at the facility maintaining client records and where applicable, sterility documentation corresponding to that client?
- Sterility assurance information for pre-sterilized piercing cartridges (lot number and expiry date) was not being recorded with client records. Record lot number and expiry date on the client records for traceback purposes.
- 20. Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?
- The operator indicated alcohol was being used in place of a disinfectant to wipe down the piercing machine between clients. Alcohol is not an approved disinfectant. A low or intermediate level disinfectant designed to disinfect equipment must be purchased and used to disinfect the piercing machine prior performing any piercing services.
- 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?
- Monitoring Inspection
7 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?
- Personal services notification not complete. Please complete the electronic form at the link below:https://ephisahs.albertahealthservices.ca/create-case-psn/
- 15. Is reusable equipment handled and stored properly (Critical)?
- Dirty clippers and hair tools were observed at work stations throughout the salon. Dirty towels were observed on the counter in the waxing room
- 20. Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?
- Barbicide low level disinfectant was being used to disinfect hair tools. The containers were not being filled so that the tools were full immersed. Clippercide was available onsite for disinfecting electric clippers
- 21. Is equipment that is intended to be sterile maintained sterile at the point of use?
- Pre-packaged piercing jewelry was expired, and several packages were opened and no longer considered sterile.
- 26. Are cosmetic products appropriate for their intended use and being handled properly?
- Containers of Gigi waxing products were covered in wax and dust.
- 27. Is the facility maintained in a visibly clean state and are environmental surfaces cleaned and disinfected properly?
- Overall sanitation of the facility was poor:-Dust and hair observed on surfaces throughout the salon including at many of the workstations-All three hair sinks were visibly dirty-The wax room sink was visibly dirty-The customer coffee stations were covered in dust and debris. The sugar container was being topped up (two types of sugar observed) and the glass container was dirty
- 32. Are general nuisance conditions, other than those noted in other violations, being prevented at this personal services facility (Critical)?
- Two plunger-style piercing guns were observed onsite and are not acceptable for use as they cannot be adequately cleaned and disinfected. Discontinue use. Inverness cartridge style system also observed onsite. The cartridge style system is acceptable as long as it is used according to manufacturer's instructions.
- 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?
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