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Pierced by Lucy / LB Art Studio

4004 Kinsella Way SW Edmonton AB T6W 4J5 · Personal Services

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Inspection summary

Pierced by Lucy / LB Art Studio has been inspected 3 times by Alberta Health Services (Environmental Public Health) since January 11, 2024. The most recent inspection, on January 31, 2024, recorded 1 infraction.

None of the 3 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 January 11, 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 6 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on January 24, 2024. 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 5 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on January 31, 2024. 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 once on January 11, 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 once on January 11, 2024. For example: Are waste sharps disposed of 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.

3 inspections

  1. Risk Management Inspection

    1 infraction

    • 03. Are facility-specific written procedures established to adequately describe safe and sanitary practices?
      • No written policies for skin cleansing prior to services and antiseptic use were available.
  2. Risk Management Inspection

    3 infractions

    • 03. Are facility-specific written procedures established to adequately describe safe and sanitary practices?
      • No written policies for skin cleansing prior to services and antiseptic use were available.
    • 20. Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?
      • Product used for surface disinfection was not approved: it did not have a DIN. Updated on January 24, 2024: The disinfectant used for tools disinfection (MedaCide-FD) did not have a DIN (was not acceptable).
    • 21. Is equipment that is intended to be sterile maintained sterile at the point of use?
      • Critical equipment, including jewelry, was not sterile at the point of use: dry heat sterilizer was used onsite to sterilize jewelry and some critical equipment.
  3. Initial Inspection

    10 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 owner of the personal service business did not submit a notification about the business to the Alberta Health Services. It was submitted during the inspection.
    • 03. Are facility-specific written procedures established to adequately describe safe and sanitary practices?
      • No written policies for skin cleansing prior to services and antiseptic use 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 sanitizer was unacceptable: it did not have an NPN or DIN and was expired in 2022.
    • 10. Is cleansing and antisepsis of skin and mucous membrane performed in accordance to written procedures and are suitable products being used?
      • Antiseptic wipes used for clients' skin preparation were unacceptable: some did not have NPN or DIN, and some were expired.
    • 12. Are personal services workers at the facility maintaining client records and where applicable, sterility documentation corresponding to that client?
      • 1. No clients' records were available.2. No documentation for sterile equipment was kept with clients' forms.
    • 20. Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?
      • Product used for surface disinfection was not approved: it did not have a DIN.
    • 21. Is equipment that is intended to be sterile maintained sterile at the point of use?
      • Critical equipment, including jewelry, was not sterile at the point of use: dry heat sterilizer was used onsite to sterilize jewelry and some critical equipment.
    • 21. Is equipment that is intended to be sterile maintained sterile at the point of use?
      • Some needles (purchased sterile) did not have proper sterility assurance documentation available: no lot number was available.
    • 24. Are waste sharps disposed of properly?
      • No proper puncture-proof container was available for sharps disposal.
    • 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 and service area was not separated from living areas (used for other activities).

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