Background: As a factor of occupational exposure while treating for HIV patients, healthcare personnel are at risk of developing HIV. HIV postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) is a successful antiretroviral therapy regimen intended to prevent probable HIV infection after an unintentional occupational HIV exposure. Issues such as poor knowledge on HIV PEP practise, lack of awareness of precautionary guidelines on HIV PEP, affect the practise of HIV post exposure prophylaxis. Therefore, there is a need for health care professionals to receive additional PEP for HIV education