MORRISON'S UNISEX HAIRDESIGN & ESTHETICS
246 ELGIN STREET OTTAWA ON K2P 1L9 · Personal Services
Inspection summary
MORRISON'S UNISEX HAIRDESIGN & ESTHETICS has been inspected 4 times by Ottawa Public Health since July 24, 2025. The most recent inspection, on March 25, 2026, recorded 1 infraction.
None of the 4 inspections on record were free of infractions. In the past 12 months there was 1 inspection with 1 infraction recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Hand hygiene and infection control, Protecting food from contamination and Food source, labelling and allergens.
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 3 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on August 12, 2025. For example:
Every operator of a personal service setting in which reusable equipment is used shall ensure that the personal service setting has at least one sink, that is not the hand wash sink, for reprocessing.
Protecting food from contaminationHigher risk
Clean and used instruments, towels and supplies must be kept apart, and products such as wax, creams and inks must be dispensed so they cannot be contaminated between clients (no double-dipping). Mixing clean and dirty items is a direct route for infection.
Recorded once on March 25, 2026. For example:
All products used for a service are stored and dispensed in a manner that prevents contamination.
Food source, labelling and allergensHigher risk
Products used on clients must come from approved sources, stay in their original labelled containers and be thrown out when they are expired or contaminated. Unlabelled products make it impossible to know what a client is being exposed to.
Recorded once on July 24, 2025. For example:
Single use equipment is discarded immediately after use.
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 August 1, 2025. For example:
Reusable equipment is cleaned and disinfected or sterilized as often as necessary to prevent disease transmission.
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 August 1, 2025. For example:
Operator obtained the name and contact information of the person seeking the service.
About this data
These results come from Ottawa 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
- Required
1 infraction
- All products used for a service are stored and dispensed in a manner that prevents contamination.
- Follow-up
1 infraction
- Every operator of a personal service setting in which reusable equipment is used shall ensure that the personal service setting has at least one sink, that is not the hand wash sink, for reprocessing.
- Follow-up
3 infractions
- Operator obtained the name and contact information of the person seeking the service.
- Reusable equipment is cleaned and disinfected or sterilized as often as necessary to prevent disease transmission.
- Records are kept of accidental exposures to body fluids.
- Required
5 infractions
- Every operator of a personal service setting in which reusable equipment is used shall ensure that the personal service setting has at least one sink, that is not the hand wash sink, for reprocessing.
- The sink must have adequate counter space to prepare the reusable equipment for use and re-use.
- Reusable equipment is cleaned and disinfected or sterilized as often as necessary to prevent disease transmission.
- Single use equipment is discarded immediately after use.
- Single-use equipment not discarded immediately after use.
- Disinfectants used in a personal service setting are approved and appropriately used.
- The service provider practices good personal hygiene.
- Every operator of a personal service setting in which reusable equipment is used shall ensure that the personal service setting has at least one sink, that is not the hand wash sink, for reprocessing.
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