2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Employer to inform worker and arrange for vaccine
39.7
If a worker has been, may have been or may be, exposed to an
infectious material, an employer must
(a) provide the worker with
(i) information about any vaccine recommended in the
Canadian Immunization Guide published under authority of
the Minister of Health (Canada), and
(ii) the risks associated with the vaccine; and
(b) with the worker’s consent, arrange for the worker to receive the
recommended vaccine and pay any associated costs.
Sharps containers 
39.8(1) An employer must provide readily accessible containers for waste
needles and sharps such as syringes, blades, scissors and other items
that are capable of causing a cut or puncture.
39.8(2) The containers must be specifically designed for the storage and
handling of waste needles or other sharps.
Sorting areas to be separate
39.9 
An employer must ensure that the area of a laundry facility where
contaminated laundry is sorted is separated from the clean laundry
area by one or more of the following:
(a) a physical barrier;
(b) a negative air pressure system in the contaminated laundry area;

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(c) a positive air flow from the clean laundry area through the
contaminated laundry area.
Moving patients 
39.10(1) When a patient has been assessed as requiring assistance to move,
the employer must ensure that the current status of the patient and
the appropriate techniques to move the patient are clearly identified
in writing or by other visual means at or near the location of the
patient.
39.10(2) When an assessment specifies the use of a mechanical device or the
assistance of another worker to move a patient, the employer must
ensure that a worker does not move the patient without the use of
the device or the assistance of another worker.