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Thank you to everyone who participated in our Wear Red Day on February 13th! Seeing so many staff members come together to support womens’ heart health awareness was inspiring. Whether you posed with your colleagues, snapped creative solo shots, or incorporated props, your enthusiasm was contagious!

Winners will be drawn, and the prizes will be sent through inter-office mail. A big thank you to everyone who took part!

Submitted by: Human Resources
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Flash sale on now with unbelievable deals from the TELUS Exclusive Partner Program.

Access the poster for more details and share as deemed appropriate.

Submitted by: Human Resources
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I am pleased to announce that effective immediately, Stephanie Rozsa will be the interim Regional Lead – Community & Continuing Care.

Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Nursing, and began her nursing career at the Vita & District Health Center and Vita & District Personal Care home in 2012. She held multiple roles as a direct care nurse, Clinical Resource Nurse and Manager in Vita. Since 2022, Stephanie has been the Director, Health Services – Personal Care Homes – East where Stephanie displayed strength in leadership, connections to community and stakeholders, and a passion for Long Term Care.

We are thrilled to have Stephanie join the Senior Leadership team!

Submitted by: Dana Human, Interim CEO

Our Regional IP&C Team has updated the Occupational Health Infectious Disease and Upper Extremity Supportive Device Work Restrictions Standard Guideline and the Occupational Health Illness, Restrictions & Precautions Table. We used two main references when updating the table, namely:

Some of the changes were made to provide more clarity, while others were made to align with these reference documents. Our MOH, Dr Davinder Singh, has reviewed and approved all changes made in the table.

Submitted By: Infection Prevention & Control
For more info. contact: Shelly Rempel

The Regional Annual Safety Event Report 2023-2024 and Compliments and Concerns 2023-2024 Annual Report are now available on the StaffNet. These reports will be locked therefore you will be required to use your SH-SS login to access them.

These high-level summaries of the reports submitted from the last fiscal year should be reviewed or shared with all staff. Check out the reports to see trends and themes from reporting over the fiscal year and know that your delivery of reporting makes a difference! For example, you can see some of the changes that have taken place as a result of staff reviewing reports over the fiscal year.

Submitted By: Quality, Planning & Performance
For more info. contact: Shawna Moodie

February 13 | le 13 février

Raise awareness about womens’ heart health!

Diverse group wearing red

Prize Draw | Tirage au sort

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Submitted by: Human Resources

Join us March 12th for a 3-hour virtual workshop on team-oriented psychological health & safety for nurses. We’ll explore the power of noticing—being attuned to how others are doing—and assuming positive intent, giving colleagues the benefit of the doubt in high-stakes work environments. Drawing from conscious leadership principles, we’ll address key challenges affecting team cohesion, including disruptive communication patterns and the underlying tensions that can contribute to a fear of conflict or violence. Through engaging discussions and practical strategies, you’ll learn how to foster a culture of psychological safety and respect within your healthcare teams.

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Access the poster to post in your staff areas as deemed appropriate.

The education is for nurses and nurse managers. Only those registered will receive the meeting link (no registration fee for this session).

Submitted By: Debbie Rigaux, Director, Health Services-Staff Development and Infection Prevention and Control at 204-905-4339 or

Patient Safety has created a Safety Event Report template for staff to document and report any VECTRS Concerns.

Please use this template when documenting an event that occurs relating to VECTRS. This way we can track this data more effectively.

If you have any questions, please contact one of the Patient Safety Coordinators.

Submitted by: Tara Roberts & Pam Gunn, Patient Safety Coordinators
For more information contact: Tara or Pam

Attention All Staff:

There has been a significant rise in measles cases in many parts of the world, including recent cases across Canada. Measles is one of the most infectious viruses as it spreads via the airborne route and through close contact with respiratory secretions. It also has a significant burden of morbidity and mortality, with complications such as otitis media and bronchopneumonia occurring in about 10% of reported cases, encephalitis occurring in approximately 1 of every 1,000 reported cases, and may result in permanent brain damage or death.

With an increase of recent cases in Canada, measles has shown up in Manitoba including Southern Health-Santé Sud. With pockets of our health region having low immunization rates for measles, there is a need for extra vigilance. We want to be prepared for staff contact tracing should exposures to measles occur.

If Southern Health-Santé Sud staff are exposed to a measles case, they will be required to provide documentation of two doses of measles vaccine OR documentation of immunity to measles through bloodwork OR documented evidence of previous infection. If there is no documentation available, staff will be required to be off work from Day 5-21 following the exposure.

As such, we strongly encourage you to prepare for the following:

  1. For those immunized in 1988 to present, request your immunization record online at Your Immunization Record Matters
  2. If you do not have documentation of two doses of measles vaccination AND do not have documentation of immunity, you should be vaccinated. Contact your Health Care Provider, Public Health or Occupational Health to be vaccinated.
  3. If you are certain you have been immunized with two doses of measles vaccine or had a previous infection, but have no documentation, you can get serology (bloodwork) to test for immunity to measles – contact your Health Care Provider to order bloodwork and request a copy of your results.
  4. Keep your documentation of immunization or immunity at hand, to provide to your Site Infection Control Practitioner if required for contact tracing.

Please post the Managing Measles Presentations in your emergency departments across the region and reference the information on Measles Immunizations.

Please see information regarding Measles Cases confirmed in Manitoba.

Weekend infection control coverage will be provided to support measles outbreaks, contract tracing and consultation as required. A contact will be in place for Friday, February 7 at 1600 to Monday, February at 0800 hours as follows: Infection Control Practitioner at 204-331-8888. Moving forward, the need for weekend coverage will be assessed and communicated if deemed necessary.

Thank-you!

Submitted By: Staff Development and Infection Prevention & Control
For more info. contact: Debbie Rigaux, Director, Health Services – Staff Development and Infection Prevention & Control at
204-905-4339 or and Infection Prevention & Control Regional Coordinators, Paula Enns & Shelly Rempel

Effective immediately, all staff are asked to begin using the name Portage Regional Health Centre (PRHC) instead of Portage District General Hospital (PDGH) on all internal policies related to PDGH. This change is in preparation of the transition to the new regional health centre. For all other purposes, the existing facility will continue be referred to as PDGH. Should you have any questions or need assistance with the transition, please reach out to Lorraine Cassan, Regional Lead – Acute Care & Chief Nursing Officer. Thank you for your cooperation.

Submitted by: Regional Lead – Acute Care & Chief Nursing Officer
For more info. contact: 204-428-2742 or

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