Al-Rashidi, Reyadh RNaeem, WathiqAlsadoon, ZaidAl-Shaikhli, HishamAlsaray, Rusul AKadhim, Mustafa M2021-09-102021-09-102021-07-012021-07-01HIV Nursing 2021; 21(1): 15–211474-7359https://hdl.handle.net/10292/14495Background: Inadequate dedication has been given to patient safety education of health care professionals, resulting in limited understanding of the nature of risk in health care. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the personal knowledge, awareness and attitudes toward patient safety among the health professional students of Kut University College. Material and Methods: This was a cross-sectional analysis using a validated WHO (World Health Organization) questionnaire and the results were analyzed using IBM SPSS software. Results: Our data showed that the majority of our participants had a medium level of knowledge and awareness about health care errors and patient safety. Nevertheless, our participant’s attitude was positive regarding reporting the error and learning from their mistakes. Conclusions: Reducing patient maltreatment will require long-term continuous efforts to build a good education that can addresses the local difficulties and improves patient safety towards HIV.All papers in the journal are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, even commercially as long as the original work is properly cited.Patient safety; Health care professionals; Knowledge; Education and awareness; HIVJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.31838/hiv.21.01.04