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Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:PST) announced today that Chairman Louis Glazer, M.D., Ph.G., has been named to the inaugural Executive Council of the Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. "The Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice was established to create knowledge and ways to improve systems and change the culture of medicine to embrace the safety of patients as the first priority in providing quality care. A key strategy to sustaining this work is to assemble the most influential group of leaders possible who understand the potential for saving lives and improving the quality of health care. We are pleased that Dr. Glazer has accepted our invitation to serve on the Center's inaugural Executive Council," said David W. Bates, M.D., M.Sc., Center Director, Chief, Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Glazer said, "As an enthusiastic advocate in both my business and professional life of the importance of improving patient safety in the practice of medicine, I look forward to participating in the Center's important work." Chaired by Dr. Chuck Denham, Oncologist and Chair of the Texas Medical Institute and the Leapfrog NQF Safe Practices Program, the Executive Council of the Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice supports research, education and awareness of efforts of the Center and its partners to improve patient safety. Its primary responsibilities are to advise on opportunities for where new knowledge can make a meaningful impact and to assist in securing the human, institutional and financial resources necessary to accomplish the Center's goals. About Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. (PST) is a holding company that owns assets in various businesses. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, SurgiCount Medical, Inc., is a developer and manufacturer of patient safety products and services. For more information on Patient Safety Technologies, Inc., please contact the company directly at 310-895-7750, or by email at info@patientsafetytechnologies.com or www.patientsafetytechnologies.com. About SurgiCount and the Safety-Sponge System SurgiCount Medical's Safety-Sponge(TM) System works much like a grocery store check-out system. Every surgical sponge and towel is pre-labeled by the manufacturer with an individual and unique bar coded label, and a scanning counter is used to read and record the labels, whereby sponges are counted and recorded by the system at the beginning of the procedure and again as they are removed from the patient. For more information, visit www.surgicountmedical.com. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include words such as Patient Safety Technologies plans, expects, should, believes, anticipates or words of similar import. Stockholders, potential investors and other readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are predictions based only on current information and expectations that are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause future events or results to differ materially from those set forth or implied by the forward-looking statements. Certain of those risks and uncertainties are discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. These forward-looking statements are only made as of the date of this press release and Patient Safety Technologies does not undertake any obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.