Oct 28, 2016

Accelerate Fund to sponsor Banff Venture Forum 2016 Surface Medical launches Damage Awareness campaign as part of National Infection Control Week October 17th 2016 – Surface Medical Inc. (“SMI”) announced today that it is launching a Damage Awareness campaign for Canadian healthcare institutions during National Infection Control Week (NICW). The Damage Awareness campaign is a product neutral initiative to help raise awareness of the risks of damaged soft surfaces in healthcare. The targeted audience includes frontline healthcare stakeholders and Infection Control Professionals (ICPs). The following tools have been developed for this program and are available on a newly launched website: -Video: Damage Awareness Call to Action Video -Interview: Implementing a Damage Awareness Campaign at a leading Canadian hospital -Poster: “See Something, Say Something” posters are available at no charge to help raise awareness about soft surface damage with frontline staff “National Infection Control Week (2016) is an important week that highlights the importance of Infection Control programs in healthcare, with this year’s theme focusing on the importance of ICPs,” comments Brenda Marks, Clinical Educator at Surface Medical. “ICPs are heavily involved in educating their staff about patient safety risks and we believe that this new Damage Awareness campaign will be useful in their efforts.” For more information, please visit www.damageawareness.com or Twitter @damageawareness. About Surface Medical Inc. Surface Medical Inc. is an Alberta-based medical device company focused on developing products to address an estimated $48 billion problem that results in 100,000 deaths in North America each year: hospital-acquired infections. Founded in 2010, SMI is dedicated to creating innovative products that reduce the transfer of infection and facilitate the safe administration of healthcare for the benefit of practitioners and patients alike. For more information about Surface Medical, please visit www.surfacemedical.ca