{"id":561383,"date":"2026-03-26T05:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/561383\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:20:18","slug":"chatham-kent-health-unit-issues-alert-over-unlicensed-tattoo-and-piercing-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/561383\/","title":{"rendered":"Chatham-Kent health unit issues alert over unlicensed tattoo and piercing studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CK Public Health is alerting the public that it has identified inadequate equipment disinfection practices at an uninspected and unlicensed tattoo and piercing provider in Chatham.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The concerns apply to tattoo and piercing services provided at Willows Tattoo and Piercing, located at 805 Grand Avenue West, between Oct. 1, 2025 and Mar. 23, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The health unit says anyone who received services at the business during the identified period should be evaluated by a health care provider or a walk-in clinic.<\/p>\n<p>Officials warn that inadequate infection control can increase the risk of HIV, Hepatitis, and skin infections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CK Public Health is alerting the public that it has identified inadequate equipment disinfection practices at an uninspected&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,84,392],"class_list":["post-561383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}