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Hair By Samy

17334 6A Avenue SW Edmonton AB T6W 2A8 · Personal Services

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Inspection summary

Hair By Samy has been inspected 2 times by Alberta Health Services (Environmental Public Health) since April 9, 2024. The most recent inspection, on April 15, 2024, recorded 5 infractions.

None of the 2 inspections on record were free of infractions. 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 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on April 15, 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?

  • 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 4 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on April 15, 2024. For example: Are facility-specific written procedures established to adequately describe safe and sanitary practices?

  • 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 across 2 separate inspections, most recently on April 15, 2024. For example: Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?

  • 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 April 9, 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 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on April 15, 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

  1. Risk Management Inspection

    5 infractions

    • 03. Are facility-specific written procedures established to adequately describe safe and sanitary practices?
      • (1) There were no written procedures available at the time of inspection. * The operator completed the Written Procedure for Accidental Skin Cuts or Punctures at the time of inspection.* The Written Procedures for (i) Cleansing Skin and (ii) Handwashing and Equipment Reprocessing Sink Decontamination were not completed.
    • 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) The washroom hand sink was not equipped with single use paper towels or hand towels. * Ensure staff are performing hand hygiene (i.e. washing hands with soap/water) when required. Hand hygiene must be performed by the personal services worker before and after every personal service, before putting on gloves that will be worn while providing a personal service, following the removal of gloves that are worn while providing a personal service, and after reprocessing.
    • 10. Is cleansing and antisepsis of skin and mucous membrane performed in accordance to written procedures and are suitable products being used?
      • (1) Cleansing of the skin was not being done prior to waxing.
    • 20. Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?
      • (1) There were no High Level Disinfectant logs being kept for the PREempt CS20.(2) There were no test strips available for the PREemp CS20.(3) The proper cleaning steps for tools were not being done. Discussed washing tools with soap and water at the designated sink, rinse, air dry, disinfect tools for the required contact time, rinse prior to use on clients. Ensure there is a surface/shelf near the sink for doing all the clean-up and disinfection steps.(4) The outside of the wax pots had a build-up of wax spills.
    • 26. Are cosmetic products appropriate for their intended use and being handled properly?
      • (1) Some containers were not labelled to indicate the product inside them (ex. baby powder container, and lotion container).
  2. Initial 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?
      • (1) A PSN (personal services notification) had not been submitted by the operator.
    • 03. Are facility-specific written procedures established to adequately describe safe and sanitary practices?
      • (1) There were no written procedures available at the time of inspection. * The operator completed the Written Procedure for Accidental Skin Cuts or Punctures at the time of inspection.* The Written Procedures for (i) Cleansing Skin and (ii) Handwashing and Equipment Reprocessing Sink Decontamination were not completed.
    • 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) The washroom hand sink was not equipped with single use paper towels or hand towels. * Ensure staff are performing hand hygiene (i.e. washing hands with soap/water) when required. Hand hygiene must be performed by the personal services worker before and after every personal service, before putting on gloves that will be worn while providing a personal service, following the removal of gloves that are worn while providing a personal service, and after reprocessing.
    • 10. Is cleansing and antisepsis of skin and mucous membrane performed in accordance to written procedures and are suitable products being used?
      • (1) Cleansing of the skin was not being done prior to waxing.
    • 20. Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?
      • (1) There were no High Level Disinfectant logs being kept for the PREempt CS20.(2) There were no test strips available for the PREemp CS20.(3) The proper cleaning steps for tools were not being done. Discussed washing tools with soap and water at the designated sink, rinse, air dry, disinfect tools for the required contact time, rinse prior to use on clients. Ensure there is a surface/shelf near the sink for doing all the clean-up and disinfection steps.(4) The outside of the wax pots had a build-up of wax spills.
    • 26. Are cosmetic products appropriate for their intended use and being handled properly?
      • (1) Some containers were not labelled to indicate the product inside them (ex. baby powder container, and lotion container).

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