Infection Prevention in Personal Service Settings

For spa owners or aestheticians:

Spas and salons that offer hair dressing, waxing, manicures, pedicures, electrolysis, acupuncture, facials, ear and body piercing services along with tattoo parlours must maintain good infection control standards. The following resources for spa owners or aestheticians may be printed to educate and promote good infection control standards within the salon.

For information on best practices for personal services settings, please refer to Infection Prevention and Control for Personal Services Settings, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, January 2009.

For spa clients:

Use the Be Spa Safe Guide and Checklists to protect yourself from getting a serious infection at the spa.

Be Spa Safe Guide

Be Spa Safe Checklists

• General Checklist for all Spa Services
• Checklist for Manicure, Pedicure and Nail Treatment Services
• Checklist for Waxing Services
• Checklist for Facial Services
• Checklist for Hairdressing Services