You should use the following routine infection control precautions: 

1. maintain good hand hygiene,²⁰¹  
2. maintain good respiratory and cough etiquette,  
3. wear suitable personal protective equipment where appropriate, 
4. decontaminate equipment after use,  
5. decontaminate used linen 
6. decontaminate the environment by: 
   • keeping it visibly clean and free from clutter and dust 
   • undertaking regular routine cleaning (and disinfection where appropriate) in line with national cleaning standards. The frequency and level of decontamination may increase when there is a public health requirement to do so, such as during a local outbreak or pandemic 
   • Appropriately decontaminating spills of blood and other bodily fluid.