I had the pleasure of doing a talk at Infection Prevention 2023 in Liverpool today, running down the top 10 scientific articles influencing our IPC practice over the past year. You can download my slides here.

I had some trouble selecting just 10 papers from the past year, and felt a strong sense of my own bias and limitations when going through the selection process. I have my own research and clinical interests, I don’t read anywhere near as many papers as I’d like, and 10 papers really isn’t that many! Also, I tried to countdown the papers from 10 to 1 with some kind of hierarchy. After a couple of false starts here (including the most read, most controversial, best designed), I settled on the most influential in terms of challenging our thinking or modifying our practice.

So, here goes…