University of Kentucky Good Samaritan Hospital was forced to divert emergency room patients and partially evacuate Sept. 24 after a chemical spill, The Lexington Herald Leader reports.

Forty-seven Oklahoma hospitals and specialty units completed a challenge issued by the Oklahoma Hospital Association to achieve an employee influenza vaccination rate of 96 percent or more in the 2017-18 flu season, according to Tahlequah Daily Press.

Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health saw a 161 percent increase in emergency room visits involving scooters this year after comparing its statistics with the same three-month period in 2017, The Washington Post reports.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria that infected over 100 people and were associated with pet store puppies spread in part because healthy dogs received antibiotics — a decision contributing to antibiotic resistance, according to a study covered by STAT.

Iowa City-based University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics was redesignated as a Magnet hospital from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the top honor in excellence in nursing practice.

Innovative Health and Medline ReNewal are continuing their collaboration on a single-use device reprocessing program for hospitals.

The U.S. has one of the highest maternal death rates in the developed world, but the federal government does not review these deaths, and many states are coming up short in investigating what's causing them, an investigation by USA Today…

Primary care clinics see a significant decline in influenza vaccinations as the day progresses, but "nudging" clinical staff to order vaccines may help curb this drop, a study published in JAMA Network Open found.

Although drug-resistant tuberculosis is so deadly in part because some first-choice antibiotics fail to kill TB bacteria, the TB bacteria may also be undermining the body's ability to defend itself, a study published in Nature Microbiology found.

Specifically in healthcare, providers' clothing signifies everything from authority to cleanliness to patients and other staff members. The white laboratory coat, in particular, is most commonly associated with physicians and surgeons. But does a physician's attire — both the coat…