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Purple Orchid Esthetics

#263 2025 W 42nd Ave, Vancouver BC V6M 2B5 · Non-Invasive

Inspection summary

Purple Orchid Esthetics has been inspected 5 times by Vancouver Coastal Health since April 19, 2016. The most recent inspection, on January 25, 2025, recorded 2 infractions.

1 of 5 inspections on record found no infractions at all. No inspections are on record from the past 12 months. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Hand hygiene and infection control and Cleaning, disinfection and sterilization.

The number of infractions per inspection has stayed roughly the same over time.

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 4 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on January 25, 2025. For example: Adequate infection control measures are implemented.

  • Cleaning, disinfection and sterilizationHigher risk

    Tools that touch clients, such as clippers, nail files, footbaths and tattoo equipment, must be cleaned and then disinfected or sterilized to the level the risk requires. Inspectors check disinfectant contact times, sterilizer test results and how clean tools are stored. Items that cannot be properly cleaned must be used only once.

    Recorded once on January 25, 2025. For example: Premises, work surfaces, instruments are adequately sanitized/disinfected and maintained.

  • 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 October 31, 2019. For example: Footbaths are adequately cleaned and disinfected.

About this data

These results come from Vancouver Coastal 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.

5 inspections

  1. Routine

    2 infractions

    • Premises, work surfaces, instruments are adequately sanitized/disinfected and maintained.
      • Work surfaces and/or equipment are not cleaned and disinfected with an appropriate disinfectant after each client.
    • Adequate infection control measures are implemented.
      • Disposable single use instruments are being reused.
  2. Routine

    0 infractions

  3. Routine

    1 infraction

    • Footbaths are adequately cleaned and disinfected.
  4. Routine

    2 infractions

    • Adequate infection control measures are implemented.
      • Disposable single use instruments are being reused.
    • Adequate infection control measures are implemented.
      • Client's skin is not cleaned and disinfected with a skin antiseptic prior to waxing.
      • The wax pot is being double dipped (wax must be either dispensed into a single use amount or discard spatula after each application).
      • Instruments, such as stainless steel spatulas, are not cleaned with soap and water, then high level disinfected.
  5. Routine

    1 infraction

    • Adequate infection control measures are implemented.

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