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Amongst the different Health Care Personnel nurses are at a greater risk of being accidentally exposed to HIV and other Blood Borne Pathogens. The present study was conducted among 50 final year nursing students of a Medical College Hospital to assess the knowledge regarding HIV, occupational exposure and Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) among the stu-dents and analyses the impact of educational intervention measures on the issues amongst the study subjects. A Pre-de-signed and Pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire was used to evaluate the level of knowledge before and after educational intervention sessions. Knowledge regarding risk of transmis-sion of HIV by needle-stick injury and body fluids against which universal precautions were mandatory increased by 72 % following the intervention sessions (χ2 = 53.202, p <0.001). 72 % and 36 % respondents correctly knew the dura