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Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the efficiency of a joint infection control/occupational health program for the follow-up of accidental blood or bloody body fluid exposures in health care workers.Methods: A comprehensive staff follow-up program for all blood exposures with known patient sources was initiated in 1989, consisting of patient follow-up by the Infection Control Department...