diff --git a/omod/src/main/webapp/resources/scripts/jquery-ui/js/openmrsSearch.js b/omod/src/main/webapp/resources/scripts/jquery-ui/js/openmrsSearch.js
index 56fb3b74..baee712f 100644
--- a/omod/src/main/webapp/resources/scripts/jquery-ui/js/openmrsSearch.js
+++ b/omod/src/main/webapp/resources/scripts/jquery-ui/js/openmrsSearch.js
@@ -851,14 +851,15 @@ function OpenmrsSearch(div, showIncludeVoided, searchHandler, selectionHandler,
                     attributeValue = rowData.attributes[a.name];
                     if(attributeValue == null)
                         attributeValue = '';
-
                     rRowData.push(attributeValue);
                 });
             }
-
+            for (k in rRowData)
+            {
+                rRowData[k] = $j("<div>").text(rRowData[k]).html();
+            }
             return rRowData;
         },
-
         _fireEvent: function(eventType, data) {
             //TODO also pass 'this'
         },