SurgiCount Medical to implement Safety-Sponge System at Kalispell Regional Medical Center

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.