Several studies regarding knowledge and attitudes of dental students towards HIV/AIDS have been reported from various countries. However, to the best of our knowledge, an international comparison between countries with diverse cultural and educational backgrounds has not been reported in the literature. The aim of this study was to compare the knowledge and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS of dental students of Kuwait University (KU), Kuwait and the University of Peradeniya (UP), Sri Lanka, the only dental schools in the respective countries. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among a total of 258 dental students, representing the clinical years of both universities, using a similar structured questionnaire with sixty questions to examine their knowledge of various aspects of HIV/AIDS and thirteen questions to examine their attitudes towards the disease. The mean knowledge and attitude scores were calculated and compared between students from the two universities using t-test with SPSS 17.0. A total of 215 questionnaires were completed and returned, giving a total response rate of 83.3 percent. The KU students were signiicantly more knowledgeable (p=0.018) regarding HIV/AIDS than the UP students. However, the UP students demonstrated a more highly signiicant positive attitude (p<0.001) towards the disease than those in KU. This information might help to deine strategies to improve the quality of education in these countries.

The public should be made aware of the possible risks of cross-infection and the importance of infection-control practices in dental clinics. Dental professionals should fill the information gap.

The aim of establishing an accident and emergency department is prompt initial assessment, stabilization and early referral for definitive care. This study aims to describe the current practice of the clinical handover process at the emergency departments of the national hospital, Kandy and the teaching hospital, Peradeniya and to describe the adherence of the medical officer shift hand over to "iSoBAR" (identification, situation, observation, background, assessment, recommendation/ read back) handover method.A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the emergency treatment units (ETU) of the national hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka and the teaching hospital, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka from February 2021 to April 2021. All medical handovers during the change of shifts of medical doctors in the ETUs were included in the current study. Handovers were observed by four observers, based on an iSoBAR checklist-based scoring system, giving equal weightage for each of its 22 components.