Kalispell Regional Medical Center to Implement the SurgiCount Safety-Sponge® System

TEMECULA, Calif., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- SurgiCount Medical, the wholly-owned operating subsidiary of Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PSTX), today announced that it has signed a contract with Kalispell Regional Medical Center to implement the SurgiCount Safety-Sponge® System, a proven solution to prevent one of the most common surgical errors, retained surgical sponges. The first hospital in the State of Montana to adopt the SurgiCount solution, Kalispell Regional Medical Center joins a prestigious list of over 50 user hospitals including 5 of U.S. News and World Report's 2010-2011 Honor Roll Hospitals and a growing list of other teaching, community and government hospitals nationwide.

"SurgiCount's impressive list of current hospitals and the strong references they provided was extremely compelling and made this an easy decision.  If I or one of my family members were having surgery, I would want this solution used," stated Velinda Stevens, Chief Executive Officer of Kalispell Regional Medical Center.

"We are proud to enable KRMC to continue to raise their standard of care and to help protect the hospital, the surgeons and nurses who practice there and their patients from this common but entirely preventable event," stated Brian E. Stewart, President and CEO of Patient Safety Technologies, Inc.

About Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. and SurgiCount Medical

Patient Safety Technologies, Inc., through its wholly-owned operating subsidiary SurgiCount Medical, Inc., provides the Safety-Sponge® System, a solution proven to improve patient safety and reduce healthcare costs by preventing one of the most common errors in surgery, retained foreign objects.  For more information, contact SurgiCount Medical, Inc. at (951) 587-6201 or visit www.surgicountmedical.com.

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SOURCE Patient Safety Technologies, Inc.