{"id":4269,"date":"2025-10-29T13:42:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T16:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/10\/29\/health-unit-warns-of-infection-risk-at-carleton-place-beauty-bar\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T13:42:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T16:42:06","slug":"health-unit-warns-of-infection-risk-at-carleton-place-beauty-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/10\/29\/health-unit-warns-of-infection-risk-at-carleton-place-beauty-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Health unit warns of infection risk at Carleton Place beauty bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-57886\">\n<div>\n<header>      <\/header>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/thegitchemanitou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/57886-health-unit-warns-of-infection-risk-at-carleton-place-beauty-bar.jpg\" alt=\"health-unit-warns-of-infection-risk-at-carleton-place-beauty-bar\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span>Health unit warns of infection risk at Carleton Place beauty bar<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Ottawa\u00b7NewSoutheast Public Health says anyone who got a manicure, pedicure or wax from Ivy Beauty Bar in Carleton Place, Ont., from the end of May 2023 until about two weeks ago may have been exposed to improperly cleaned equipment and possibly infection.Manicure, pedicure and waxing clients should seek medical adviceCBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Oct 29, 2025 11:40 AM EDT | Last Updated: 15 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 1 minuteManicures are among the services at a Carleton Place beauty bar that the town\u2019s health unit is warning about. (Gerald Herbert\/The Associated Press)Southeast Public Health says anyone who got a manicure, pedicure or wax from Ivy Beauty Bar in Carleton Place, Ont., from the end of May 2023 until about two weeks ago may have been exposed to improperly cleaned equipment and possibly infection.The health unit said on Oct. 17, an inspector found single-use items being reused and inadequate cleaning of reusable equipment.It\u2019s recommending anyone who received one of those services between May 31, 2023, and Oct. 17 of this year talk to a health-care provider about whether they need to be tested for blood-borne infections.Specifically, a health-care provider may recommend testing for hepatitis B or C, or HIV.The health unit said it does not know of any infection linked to the McNeely Avenue beauty bar. It said the risk of infection is low, and the business now meets infection prevention standards.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health unit warns of infection risk at Carleton Place beauty bar Ottawa\u00b7NewSoutheast Public Health says anyone who got a manicure, pedicure or wax from Ivy Beauty Bar in Carleton Place, Ont., from the end of May 2023 until about two weeks ago may have been exposed to improperly cleaned equipment and possibly infection.Manicure, pedicure and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,1047,1],"tags":[116,1046],"class_list":["post-4269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indigenous","category-ontario","category-uncategorized","tag-indigenous","tag-ontario"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}