This section includes infection prevention and control (IPC) measures require for bloodborne viral infections, i.e. hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV infection, gastrointestinal infections, i.e. Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea, norovirus, and rotavirus, microorganisms spread via respiratory route, e.g. tuberculosis, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), coronavirus (SARS and MERS-CoV), and Legionnaires’ disease. Separate parts deal with other common infections, e.g. varicella zoster virus (VZV), meningococcal infections, viral haemorrhagic fevers e.g. Lassa, Ebola, Marburg and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever and human prion diseases, e.g. Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD). It also includes IPC advice on the management of scabies and infestation with lice and fleas.