Primary Care Alberta Clinical Updates - February 12, 2026
MyHealth Records changes to parent/guardian access

The Government of Alberta notes that parents/guardians of children aged 15 years and under may now request access to their child’s online health records through their MyHealth Records account, effective Feb. 2. For more information:

Menopause & perimenopause pathways now live
Primary Care Alberta’s Provincial Pathways Unit (PPU) is excited to announce the launch of the Menopause and Perimenopause Primary Care Pathway and the accompanying Patient Pathway. The clinical pathway was co-designed to give primary care providers guidance on how to best support patients through menopause and perimenopause.

Feedback opportunity: The Provincial Pathways Unit (PPU) is requesting assistance from primary care providers in reviewing the Menopause and Perimenopause pathways and sending feedback to albertapathways@ahs.ca.  


Growth Chart training modules & handouts updated

AHS’ Childhood Growth Chart training modules for care providers working with pediatric clients have been updated to align with the current Childhood Growth Monitoring Guidance. The series includes a new module entitled Navigating Growth Discussions to help care providers have family-centered care conversations about growth. Please note that the module called Calculating and Plotting is now retired.


Lab bulletin: Changes to Roche diagnostic analyzers affecting some common tests at urban/regional hospitals & Calgary outpatient lab

Effective Feb. 3, the upper reportable limits on Roche diagnostic analyzers at urban/regional hospitals and the outpatient testing laboratory in Calgary will be updated to improve accuracy of diluted results and establish standardized reporting. This change will affect some commonly ordered tests.

Lab bulletin: Change to amiodarone and metabolite testing
Effective Feb. 3, the Amiodarone and Metabolite Level test will be performed using a new methodology: Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry. There will be a change in critical value, therapeutic ranges and linear range. There will be no change to ordering and collecting for this test.

Lab bulletin: Interim changes to HIV viral load testing

HIV-1 viral load and HIV NAT testing have been transitioned from the Abbott m2000 platform to the Hologic Panther Aptima Quant assay as per the following timelines:

  • Feb. 2 for HIV-1 viral loads from the Southern Alberta Clinic
  • HIV-1viral load/HIV NAT testing performed at the Public Health Laboratory in Edmonton will be at a later date.

Please continue to use your current HIV-1 viral load orderable.

With this transition, HIV-1 viral load results will now be reported in both copies/mL and log10 copies/mL, the format of the Aptima HIV-1 Quant Dx assay. These units will replace prior reporting unit formats.
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