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The influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts in infection prevention: a multi-center qualitative study.
Krein SL, Damschroder LJ, Kowalski CP, Forman J, Hofer TP, Saint S. Soc Sci Med. 2010;71:1692-1701.

This qualitative study examines organizational and contextual factors that influenced the success of an effort to reduce health care–associated infections.
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