Cadham Provincial Laboratory

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Instructions for New Clients

Before starting your practice and ordering services from Cadham Provincial Laboratory (CPL), follow this checklist for a smooth transition to ensure supply, requisitioning, reporting and communication with CPL.

1. Contact CPL at least four weeks before commencing practice by fax, email, letter or phone by contacting:
   CPL Administration
   Box 8450, 750 William Avenue
   Winnipeg, MB R3C 3Y1
   Tel: 204-945-0643
   Fax: 204-786-4770
   Email: cadham@gov.mb.ca
2. Ask to arrange for CPL services and provide the following information:
   • Name(s) of health-care providers to be ordering. Note that only registered physicians, midwives, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, clinical assistants, dentists, optometrists (with therapeutic license), and delegated practitioners (restrictions may apply) may currently order tests, unless under a public health protocol.
   • The location and address of the new facility
   • A contact person, telephone and/or email address for CPL staff to engage with
   • The type and number of specimens anticipated to be ordered (CPL does not accept or perform routine chemistry, hematology, microbiology or pathology testing; other laboratory providers must be located for these services)
   • A secure fax line to receive CPL reports—CPL delivers its reports exclusively by fax
   • An indication of what specimen collection supplies may be required
3. Once provided with all the information, CPL will be in touch with your contact person listed.  You, in turn, will receive:
   • CPL’s Guide to Services
   • Necessary requisitions; CPL requisitions MUST be used for ordering CPL services
   • Appropriate laboratory supplies will be provided with instruction on how to obtain further supplies
   • The functionality of the secure fax provided will be confirmed with a test fax.  We will confirm (by fax) that secure fax transmission is functioning
4. Please note some of the following limitations of service:
   • CPL does not provide phlebotomy or specimen collection services.  Ensure arrangement through an alternate provider
   • CPL does not assume responsibility for shipping of specimens collected at your facility.  You must arrange for proper shipping containers and transport for patient samples to CPL

Forms/Requisitions

• Retrovirus Nucleic Acid Testing Requisition
• Manitoba Maternal Serum Screen
• Supplies Request Form
• General Requisition Form
  • Presentation: The New Cadham Provincial Laboratory Requisition

Publications and Resources

• Antibody to Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAB)
• Cadham Provincial Laboratory – Public website
• Guide to Services – 2020 edition
• HIV Point of Care Testing in Manitoba Report:  2016 to 2017
• Newborn Screening in Manitoba: Helping your baby get a Healthy Start
• Newborn Screening in Manitoba: Information for Health Care Providers
• SUMMARY REPORT on Laboratory Detection Trends for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: 2000-2016
• The Winnipeg Injection Drug Use Social Network Study Phase II

Frequently Asked Questions

General

Serology

What tick box do I use if I want to test, source or exposed client panel but do not want HIV included?

Check the Post Exposure or Source Panel and write NO HIV in space beside panel.

How do I know what tests are included in the panel?

On the back of the requisition is information regarding the tests included in panels. Posting the back page may help staff become accustomed to the new requisition during the transition.

I have 3 ova and parasite samples for the same patient. Can I submit them on one requisition?

No. A separate requisition is required for each sample otherwise our system cannot distinguish them as separate samples. For ease, consider photocopying the first requisition for the other 2 samples and write in the separate specimen information date/time for each sample.

How do I just order a routine HIV test?

Under Serology: Tick HIV-½ Ag/Ab combo.
For Non-nominal HIV testing, use requisition MG # 13396.

There is no STORCH box to tick. What do I tick for a STORCH with HIV?

Select from among the appropriate tick boxes for a “STORCH” type request.

        Syphilis        Screen            

	for the Infant select from	for the Mother select from	for Stillbirth
Toxo	IgM	IgG	both
Rubella	IgM	IgG	both
CMV	IgM	IgG	both
HSC	IgM	IgG	both
Retrovirus	HIV 1/2 Ab