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NIWE Academy - Core

404 - 510 8 Avenue SW Calgary AB T2P 4H9 · Personal Services

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Inspection summary

NIWE Academy - Core has been inspected 2 times by Alberta Health Services (Environmental Public Health) since August 18, 2025. The most recent inspection, on August 21, 2025, recorded 4 infractions.

None of the 2 inspections on record were free of infractions. 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.

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.

  • 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 August 21, 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?

  • 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 21, 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 once on August 18, 2025. For example: Are facility-specific written procedures established to adequately describe safe and sanitary practices?

  • 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 4 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on August 21, 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.

2 inspections

  1. 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?
      • The operators are providing laser treatments, light treatments, cosmetic puncturing. No personal service notification was submitted. Submit a complete personal service notification to ensure all services are reported.
    • 20. Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?
      • The operators are using alcohol to disinfect the attachment pieces for the microdermabrasion. Non-critical items such as the different attachment pieces for the microdermabrasion equipment must be disinfected with at least a low-level disinfectant with a DIN. Please use a low or intermediate-level disinfectant and refrain from using alcohol as it is not considered a disinfectant.
    • 26. Are cosmetic products appropriate for their intended use and being handled properly?
      • Several inks were expired and stored in the drawers. Tattoo inks should not be used when expired as the product cannot be guaranteed safe to use past the expiration date. Ensure tattoo inks are regularly checked for expiration dates and discard those that are expired.
    • 32. Are general nuisance conditions, other than those noted in other violations, being prevented at this personal services facility (Critical)?
      • The operators are using NumbSkin Lidocaine 10.56% and it does not have a DIN/NPN. Lidocaine must have an active DIN/NPN. Lidocaine without a DIN/NPN is prohibited to use. Obtain a lidocaine with a DIN/NPN.
  2. Monitoring Inspection

    5 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 operators are providing laser treatments, light treatments, cosmetic puncturing. No personal service notification was submitted. Submit a complete personal service notification to ensure all services are reported.
    • 03. Are facility-specific written procedures established to adequately describe safe and sanitary practices?
      • Written procedures are not available for decontamination of a dual purpose sink. Where a sink is installed and used for both hand washing and reprocessing equipment a written procedure for sink decontamination in between use must be completed and adhered to. An AHS template was provided to the operator.
    • 20. Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?
      • The operators are using alcohol to disinfect the attachment pieces for the microdermabrasion. Non-critical items such as the different attachment pieces for the microdermabrasion equipment must be disinfected with at least a low-level disinfectant with a DIN. Please use a low or intermediate-level disinfectant and refrain from using alcohol as it is not considered a disinfectant.
    • 26. Are cosmetic products appropriate for their intended use and being handled properly?
      • Several inks were expired and stored in the drawers. Tattoo inks should not be used when expired as the product cannot be guaranteed safe to use past the expiration date. Ensure tattoo inks are regularly checked for expiration dates and discard those that are expired.
    • 32. Are general nuisance conditions, other than those noted in other violations, being prevented at this personal services facility (Critical)?
      • The operators are using NumbSkin Lidocaine 10.56% and it does not have a DIN/NPN. Lidocaine must have an active DIN/NPN. Lidocaine without a DIN/NPN is prohibited to use. Obtain a lidocaine with a DIN/NPN.

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