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Nicki Beauty Studio

16416 12 Avenue SW Edmonton AB T6W 3K6 · Personal Services

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Inspection summary

Nicki Beauty Studio has been inspected 2 times by Alberta Health Services (Environmental Public Health) since July 30, 2024. The most recent inspection, on July 31, 2024, recorded 1 infraction.

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 once on July 30, 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 5 times on July 30, 2024. For example: Is single-use or uncleanable equipment being used as intended (Critical)?

  • Building, plumbing and upkeepLower risk

    The premises needs a working hand sink, a separate sink for cleaning instruments where required, cleanable surfaces, and good lighting and ventilation. Upkeep problems are usually lower risk on their own, but they make thorough cleaning harder.

    Recorded 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on July 31, 2024. For example: Is the facility properly constructed and maintained to allow for the safe and sanitary provision of personal services (Non-Critical)?

  • 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 once on July 30, 2024. For example: Are facility-specific written procedures established to adequately describe safe and sanitary practices?

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

    1 infraction

    • 29. Is the facility properly constructed and maintained to allow for the safe and sanitary provision of personal services (Non-Critical)?
      • The surfaces in the service areas were not washable. Please ensure that all surfaces in clients' areas are washable.
  2. Initial Inspection

    8 infractions

    • 03. Are facility-specific written procedures established to adequately describe safe and sanitary practices?
      • No written procedures for skin cleansing prior to services 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 sanitizers expired in 2022. The hand sanitizers were discarded during the inspection. Ensure that hand sanitizers used have NPN/DIN, alcohol content between 60 and 90%, and are not expired.
    • 13. Is single-use or uncleanable equipment being used as intended (Critical)?
      • Single-use tools, including nail files and buffing blocks, were being reused. Ensure that single-use tools are discarded after each client. Used tools were discarded during the inspection.
    • 17. Is reusable equipment cleaned properly (Critical)?
      • Some re-usable tools (eyelash tweezers) were not visibly clean. Ensure that the re-usable tools are visibly clean prior to disinfection.
    • 20. Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?
      • No test strips were available to test the concentration of high-level disinfectant. Obtain the appropriate strips.
    • 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.
    • 29. Is the facility properly constructed and maintained to allow for the safe and sanitary provision of personal services (Non-Critical)?
      • The surfaces in the service areas were not washable. Please ensure that all surfaces in clients' areas are washable.
    • 30. Is the reprocessing area of a personal service facility that uses reusable equipment properly designed, managed and maintained to ensure the safety of clients?
      • The reprocessing area was located in the bathroom. Bathroom sink was used for tools washing. Provide a designated reprocessing sink, which is not located in the bathroom.

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