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Urban Brows

160 - 8330 82 Avenue NW Edmonton AB T6C 4E3 · Personal Services

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Inspection summary

Urban Brows has been inspected 3 times by Alberta Health Services (Environmental Public Health) since February 14, 2024. The most recent inspection, on March 21, 2024, found no infractions.

1 of 3 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.

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 2 times on February 14, 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 3 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on February 27, 2024. For example: Is reusable equipment cleaned properly (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 February 27, 2024. For example: Is the facility properly constructed and maintained to allow for the safe and sanitary provision of personal services (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 2 times on February 14, 2024. For example: Are written procedures reviewed and revised when required, and do they meet the requirements set out in the standards?

  • 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 February 14, 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?

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

    0 infractions

  2. Risk Management Inspection

    2 infractions

    • 17. Is reusable equipment cleaned properly (Critical)?
      • -Silicone eyepads were visibly stained. These need to be cleaned and disinfected after each use and disposed of when they are no longer easy to clean
    • 28. Is the facility properly constructed and maintained to allow for the safe and sanitary provision of personal services (Critical)?
      • - The personal service facility is not adequately supplied with hot and cold running water. Ensure that potable hot/cold water is available at both the washroom sink and the reprocessing sink.
  3. Monitoring Inspection

    8 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 operator has not notified EPH of the business and activities that the business currently offers. Please submit all applicable information to the RHA as soon as possible
    • 05. Are written procedures reviewed and revised when required, and do they meet the requirements set out in the standards?
      • -Written procedures were available but not appropriate:*Indicate that tools should be soaked in Pre-empt CS20 for 15 minutes but the requirement is 20 minutes*There were no procedures for skin cleansing; staff indicated that rubbing alcohol is used to cleanse skin
    • 08. Is hand hygiene performed by the personal services worker when required, in a proper manner and are provisions available to perform hand hygiene?
      • -A staff member was observed taking a new customer and not washing their hands prior to the service. Hand hygiene should be performed before and after each service.
    • 08. Is hand hygiene performed by the personal services worker when required, in a proper manner and are provisions available to perform hand hygiene?
      • -The washroom sink did not have paper towel for drying hands. Please ensure that handwashing supplies are available at all times.
    • 10. Is cleansing and antisepsis of skin and mucous membrane performed in accordance to written procedures and are suitable products being used?
      • - Cleansing of the skin is not being done prior to a service that may involve contact with mucous membrane, or that will puncture or may potentially break skin. Staff on-site indicated that rubbing alcohol is used. Ensure cleansing is done with an appropriate skin cleanser.
    • 17. Is reusable equipment cleaned properly (Critical)?
      • -Silicone eyepads were visibly stained. These need to be cleaned and disinfected after each use and disposed of when they are no longer easy to clean
    • 20. Is reusable equipment disinfected properly?
      • The following concerns were noted:-Pre-empt CS20 was available in a bottle but not in a container for soaking-The container that staff indicated tools are soaked in was not large enough to fully immerse tools-Test strips were not the proper ones to use with Pre-empt CS20-Records were available but had not been filled out in months-Written procedures indicate that tools should be soaked for 15 minutes but instructions for Pre-empt CS20 are for complete immersion for 20 minutes
    • 28. Is the facility properly constructed and maintained to allow for the safe and sanitary provision of personal services (Critical)?
      • - The personal service facility is not adequately supplied with hot and cold running water. Ensure that potable hot/cold water is available at both the washroom sink and the reprocessing sink.

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