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Health Status Report | 2025

Health Status Report

2025 Health Status of Manitobans Report Released: The Chief Provincial Public Health Officer, Dr. Brent Roussin has released the 2025 Health Status of Manitobans Report – A Healthier Manitoba for All. The provincial health status report reinforces a clear message: health is created in homes, classrooms, workplaces and communities. Read the report to find out how health in Manitoba is shaped by social, economic, environmental, and structural conditions. Discuss with your colleagues how you can contribute to the Chief Public Health Officer’s recommendations for a heathier Manitoba for all.

Submitted by: Public Health-Healthy Living

Staff Announcement | Employee Relations Specialist

Portage Hub

We are pleased to announce that Kirsten Petersen has accepted a position with the Human Resources team as an Employee Relations Specialist (Portage Hub) effective Monday, February 2, 2026.

This new position will play a vital role in onboarding employees across the region. Our Employee Relations Specialists will collaborate closely with hiring managers, the Human Resources team, and Payroll to ensure a smooth flow of information throughout the onboarding process. They are responsible for coordinating all aspects of onboarding and supporting new hires at Southern Health–Santé Sud through the completion of their probationary period

Kirsten brings valuable experience to her new role, having previously worked as a Coordinator in Food & Nutrition Services and Logistics Management & Supply Chain, held a Payroll/Scheduling Clerk position and most recently worked as a Payroll Clerk.

Please join us in welcoming Kirsten to the team! We are excited to have her start in this new position.

Submitted by : Human Resources

Bio-Rad Instrument Implementation

First Implementation: January 13, 2026 @ Westman Lab in Brandon

Background Information:

Shared Health Diagnostic Services transfusion medicine testing sites across the province of Manitoba will be transitioning testing methodologies for the determination of red cell group typing, antibody detection, and identification from solid phase to gel column agglutination technology with the Bio-Rad IH-500 and Saxo-ID instruments.

The first implementation of the Bio-Rad IH-500 will go live at Westman Lab in Brandon on Tuesday, January 13, 2026 with the remaining testing sites in the NRHA region to follow with the Bio-Rad Saxo-ID instruments in the upcoming months.

As part of our ongoing commitment to quality, standardization, and alignment with current best practices, this transition is intended to enhance workflow efficiency, improve result consistency, and support standardization across our testing sites.

System Improvements:

  • Improved specificity and reduction of non-specific reactivity
  • More consistent and reproducible endpoint detection
  • Facilitates harmonization of testing across multiple sites
  • Reduced sensitivity to environmental and procedural variability

References:

Biochemistry and Hematology | Updated Requisitions

Effective January 12, 2026

Requisition updates:

Ensure these updated requisitions are put into use.

To access all requisitions see Lab Information Manual (LIM)

ROP of the Week – Adhering to a Do-Not-Use List of Abbreviations, Symbols and Dose Designations

Adhering to a Do-Not-Use List of Abbreviations, Symbols and Dose Designations is an ROP and is applicable to all clinical teams.

*Directors, Managers, Supervisors & Educators – please share and discuss this ROP resource with staff in team huddles or print the information for staff to review at their convenience.

Submitted by: Quality, Planning & Performance
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Project ECHO – Positive Behaviour Support | Registration Open!

Project ECHO
In collaboration with the Behaviour Resource and Consultation Team (BRaCT), scheduled to begin on March 17, 2026.

Registration closes March 10, 2026 at midnight!  

This free 6-week interactive program is open to health care workers who want to learn how PBS can help their clients.

Sessions will be from noon – 1:30 p.m. via ZOOM.

Participants are encouraged to take the BRaCT LMS course “What You May Not Know About Behaviours of Concern”, as it provides a foundational base of knowledge for this ECHO.

For more information, see our poster and course schedule.

Submitted by: Shared Health

Save the Dates

Save the date

Critical Care Conference

The Critical Eye: Decisions That Define Care

Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Canad Inns Regent, 1415 Regent Ave W, Winnipeg

Don’t miss this upcoming critical care conference

Details to come!

Save the date

Manitoba Pediatric Health Conference

Friday, May 1, 2026

This year our theme: “Little Feet, Big Journey”
Virtual conference highlights topics to help serve our youngest patients and is open to all health care professionals across the province.

Details and registration information coming soon!

Submitted by: Shared Health

Standardized Provincial CT Requisition

Effective January 30, 2026

Background Information:

Shared Health Diagnostic Services is releasing an updated standardized CT Requisition Form intended for requesting Computed Tomography (CT) examinations to be performed at all facilities providing CT service in Manitoba.

This change aims to simplify the CT requisition process for providers, reduce unnecessary bloodwork, improve wait times and reduce the number of double bookings and no-shows across Manitoba. The option to select a specific site for your patient remains. If you speak with a radiologist, please write their last name and site on the requisition (above the preferred site in the Outpatient section in the top left-hand corner). Emergent requests are still to be arranged by contacting the Radiologist directly.

Requesting CT Exams:

Effective January 30, 2026, all urgent and elective requests for CT services to be performed in Manitoba must be requested by submitting the standardized CT Request form R250-10-115 to:

  • Exams to be performed in Winnipeg – Central Intake fax (204) 926 3650 or 1(866) 210 6119
  • Exams to be performed outside Winnipeg – Nearest Diagnostic Imaging department providing CTservice.

Action Required:

  • The Provincial EMR Support Services have the new CT requisition for their EMRs. The Form will also be available on the Shared Health website.
  • Please use form SAP #299189 “Request for Diagnostic Imaging Exam” to request XR, US, NMexams to be performed in Winnipeg (sites affiliated with Central Intake). This form is also to beused for referring patients for DI exams from other areas in the province to facilities in Winnipeg.
  • Please use form R250-10-116 DI Request for DI Examination (Rural) to request XR, US, NMexams outside Winnipeg (facilities NOT affiliated with Central Intake).
  • Please discard printed and saved electronic copies of older Diagnostic Imaging requisitions.

The Relevant Clinical/Surgical History section MUST be completed and include relevant clinical history AND if applicable, surgical history. It should never be blank or unreadable. Radiologists rely heavily on clinical history to determine priority, scheduling and protocoling of each case.

All fields marked with an asterisk are required. If required information is incomplete or unreadable the request form will be returned to the referrer. This may negatively impact the examination timeline.

Access printable Clinical Practice Change communication.

References/Resources:

Shared Health – Diagnostic Imaging Resources
Shared Health – Diagnostic Imaging Central Intake
CT Request Form – Quick Reference Guide
DI Request for DI Examination (Rural)

Policies Update | 2026-01-12

Document Purpose | Rationale Action | Education
ORG.1010.PL.015 Leaders & Senior Leader Team On-Call Revisions to compensation section
CLI.6611.PL.006 Endoscopy Slating Elective and Emergency Providing clarification to Regional Centre ICPs in management of occupational exposures to blood and body fluids: including template letter to Exposed's Health Care Provider, expanded PEP Needlestick Injuries BBF Exposure Line List with information required to be source of truth and identifying a secure drive to store all post-exposure related documents as recommended by Regional Officer - Privacy and Access.
CLI.8011.PL.011 Post Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids Follow-Up for Occupational Exposures
CLI.8011.PL.011.FORM.01 Post Exposure Protocol Follow Up Checklist
CLI.8011.PL.011.FORM.02 Post Exposure Protocol Needlestick Injuries BBF Exposure Line List
CLI.8011.PL.011.SD.01 Post Exposure Protocol Quick Reference Guide
CLI.8011.PL.011.SD.02 Template Letter to Exposed Health Care Provider
CLI.4110.SG.004 Take-Home Naloxone Kit Distribution in Community Developed to standardize education and distribution processes of naloxone.
CLI.4110.SG.004.SD.01 Take-Home Naloxone Kit Distribution in Community Training Acknowledgement
CLI.4110.SG.004.FORM.01 Take-Home Naloxone Kit Distribution in Community Tracking Form
ORG.1411.PL.502.SD.02 Access/Disclosure/Release of Personal Health Information Fee Schedule The WCB (Manitoba and the Out of Province) release of information rate increases from $60.19 to $61.51 effective January 1, 2026.
CLI.6310.FORM.004 Rehabilitation Services – Inpatient Referral Form -Fillable High falls risk as indicated by "Falls Risk Assessment and Interventions for Inpatients" tool
CLI.5910.SG.006 Palliative Care Patient Flow Regional Administration Process To outline the process for Palliative Care access for patients to Acute Care/Transitional care beds; either through ED or by prioritized admission.
CLI.5910.SG.006.SD.01 Palliative Care Patient Flowchart ED
CLI.5910.SG.006.SD.02 Palliative Care Process Map Admissions to Transitional Care or Acute Care
CLI.5910.SG.006.SD.03 Promoting High Quality Palliative Care

Bio-Rad Instrument Implementation

Shared Health Diagnostic Services transfusion medicine testing sites across the province of Manitoba will be transitioning testing methodologies for the determination of red cell group typing, antibody detection, and identification from solid phase to gel column agglutination technology with the Bio-Rad IH-500 and Saxo-ID instruments.

The first implementation of the Bio-Rad IH-500 will go live at Westman Lab in Brandon on Tuesday, January 13, 2026 with the remaining testing sites in the NRHA region to follow with the Bio-Rad Saxo-ID instruments in the upcoming months.

As part of our ongoing commitment to quality, standardization, and alignment with current best practices, this transition is intended to enhance workflow efficiency, improve result consistency, and support standardization across our testing sites.

System Improvements:

  • improved specificity and reduction of non-specific reactivity
  • more consistent and reproducible endpoint detection
  • facilitates harmonization of testing across multiple sites
  • reduced sensitivity to environmental and procedural variability

Access details here.

     

Submitted by Tamara Burnham, Collaborative Practice Lead, and Tim Siran, Regional Manager-Logistics and Supply Chain Management. For more information contact Tim at T 431 356 0217 or email .

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