PLAN AND AGREEMENT OF MERGER

                                       OF

                         SURGICAL SAFETY PRODUCTS, INC.
                            (a New York corporation)

                                       AND

                              POWER3 MEDICAL, INC.
                             (a Nevada corporation)

PLAN AND AGREEMENT OF MERGER entered into on March 31, 2003, by Surgical Safety
Products, Inc., a New York corporation ("SSPD"), and approved by resolution
adopted by its Board of Directors on said date, and entered into on March 31,
2003, by Power3 Medical, Inc., a Nevada corporation ("P3M"), and approved by
resolution adopted by its Board of Directors on said date.

        WHEREAS, SSPD is a business corporation of the State of New York with its
registered office therein located at 87 Armstrong Road, Rochester, New York
14616; and

        WHEREAS, the total number of shares of stock which SSPD has authority to
issue is 100,000,000, $.001 par value per share; and

        WHEREAS, P3M is a business corporation of the State of Nevada with its
registered office therein located at 502 East John Street, City of Carson City;
and

        WHEREAS, the total number of shares of stock which P3M has authority to
issue is 200,000,000, of which 150,000,000 are common stock, $.001 par value per
share, and 50,000,000 are preferred stock, $.001 par value per share; and

        WHEREAS, the New York Business Corporation Act permits a merger of a
business corporation of the State of New York with and into a business
corporation of another jurisdiction; and

        WHEREAS, the General Corporation Law of the State of Nevada permits the
merger of a business corporation of another jurisdiction with and into a
business corporation of the State of Nevada; and

        WHEREAS, SSPD and P3M and the respective Boards of Directors thereof
declare it advisable and to the advantage, welfare, and best interests of said
corporations and their respective stockholders to merge SSPD with and into P3M
pursuant to the provisions of the New York Business Corporation Act and pursuant
to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Nevada upon the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;



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        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
agreement of the parties hereto, being thereunto duly entered into by SSPD and
approved by a resolution adopted by its Board of Directors and being thereunto
duly entered into by P3M and approved by a resolution adopted by its Board of
Directors, the Merger and the terms and conditions thereof and the mode of
carrying the same into effect, are hereby determined and agreed upon as
hereinafter in this Plan and Agreement of Merger set forth.

        1. SSPD shall, pursuant to the provisions of the New York Business
Corporation Act and to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Nevada, be merged with and into P3M, which shall be the surviving
corporation from and after the effective time of the merger and which is
sometimes hereinafter referred to as the "surviving corporation", and which
shall continue to exist as said surviving corporation under its present name
pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Nevada. The separate existence of SSPD, which is sometimes hereinafter referred
to as the "terminating corporation", shall cease at said effective time in
accordance with the provisions of the New York Business Corporation Act.

        2. The present Articles of Incorporation of the surviving corporation will
be the Articles of Incorporation of the surviving corporation and will continue
in full force and effect until changed, altered, or amended as therein provided
and in the manner prescribed by the provisions of the General Corporation Law of
the State of Nevada.

        3. The present bylaws of the surviving corporation will be the bylaws of
said surviving corporation and will continue in full force and effect until
changed, altered, or amended as therein provided and in the manner prescribed by
the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Nevada.

        4. The directors and officers in office of the surviving corporation at the
effective time of the merger shall be the members of the Board of Directors and
the officers of the surviving corporation, all of whom shall hold their
directorships and offices until the election and qualification of their
respective successors or until their tenure is otherwise terminated in
accordance with the by-laws of the surviving corporation.

        5. Each issued share of the common stock of the terminating corporation
shall, from and after the effective time of the merger, be converted into
one-fiftieth (.02) share of the common stock of the surviving corporation. The
surviving corporation shall not issue any certificate or script representing a
fractional share of common stock but shall instead issue on full share for any
fractional interest arising from the Merger. Pursuant to the laws of the State
of Nevada, each share of the terminating corporation shall be tendered to the
surviving corporation for exchange into shares of the surviving corporation
within 60 days after the effective time of the merger. Upon receipt of such
shares of the terminating corporation, the surviving corporation shall issue a
certificate for the whole shares of the surviving corporation that are issuable
in exchange for the shares of the terminating corporation. The shares of the
surviving corporation that are outstanding immediately prior to the effect time
of the merger shall be cancelled and deemed not outstanding as of the effective
time of the merger.



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        6. Each issued share of the preferred stock of the terminating corporation
shall, from and after the effective time of the merger, be converted into one
share of the preferred stock of the surviving corporation, having substantially
similar powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional
and other rights as the preferred shares of the terminating corporation.
Pursuant to the laws of the State of Nevada, each share of the preferred stock
of the terminating corporation shall be tendered to the surviving corporation
for exchange into shares of the preferred stock of the surviving corporation
within 60 days after the effective time of the merger.

        7. The surviving corporation may sue in any court with jurisdiction to
cause any stockholder of the terminating corporation to tender certificates
representing shares owned by such stockholder to be tendered to the surviving
corporation for exchange. Stockholders of the terminating corporation shall have
no rights to notices, distributions or voting with respect to the surviving
corporation unless the certificates representing shares of the terminating
corporation are tendered to the surviving corporation for exchange.

        8. Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of outstanding
options, warrants or other rights to purchase, or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for common stock of the terminating corporation (other than shares
of the preferred stock of the terminating corporation), each outstanding option,
warrant or other right to purchase, and each outstanding security convertible
into or exchangeable for common stock shall be converted into an option, warrant
or other right to purchase, or security convertible into or exchangeable for
common stock of the surviving corporation on the basis of one fiftieth (.02)
share of the Common Stock of the surviving corporation for each share of common
stock of the terminating corporation. The exercise price or conversion ratio set
forth in such option, warrant or other right to purchase, or security
convertible into or exchangeable for common stock of the surviving corporation
shall be ratably adjusted so that the total exercise or conversion price shall
be the same as under the option, warrant, or other right to purchase, or
security convertible into or exchangeable for common stock of the terminating
corporation.

        9. In the event that this Plan and Agreement of Merger shall have been
fully approved and adopted upon behalf of the terminating corporation in
accordance with the provisions of the New York Business Corporation Act and upon
behalf of the surviving corporation in accordance with the provisions of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Nevada, the said corporations agree that
they will cause to be executed and filed and recorded any document or documents
prescribed by the laws of the State of New York and by the laws of the State of
Nevada, and that they will cause to be performed all necessary acts within the
State of New York and the State of Nevada and elsewhere to effectuate the merger
herein provided for.

        10. The Board of Directors and the proper officers of the terminating
corporation and of the surviving corporation are hereby authorized, empowered,
and directed to do any and all acts and things, and to make, execute, deliver,
file, and record any and all instruments, papers, and documents which shall be
or become necessary, proper, or convenient to carry out or put into effect any
of the provisions of this Plan and Agreement of Merger or of the merger herein
provided for.



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        11. The effective time of this Plan and Agreement of Merger, and the time
at which the merger herein agreed shall become effective in the State of New
York and the State of Nevada, shall be on the last to occur of:

        (a) the approval of this Plan and Agreement of Merger by the stockholders
            of the terminating corporation in accordance with the New York
            Business Corporation Act; or

        (b) the date this Plan and Agreement of Merger, or a certificate of merger
            meeting the requirements of the General Corporation Law of the State
            of Nevada, is filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
            Nevada; or

        (c) May 19, 2003.

        12. Notwithstanding the full approval and adoption of this Plan and
Agreement of Merger, the said Plan and Agreement of Merger may be terminated at
any time prior to the filing thereof with the Secretary of State of the State of
Nevada.

        13. Notwithstanding the full approval and adoption of this Plan and
Agreement of Merger, the said Plan and Agreement of Merger may be amended at any
time and from time to time prior to the filing thereof with the Secretary of
State of the State of New York and at any time and from time to time prior to
the filing of any requisite merger documents with the Secretary of State of the
State of Nevada except that, without the approval of the stockholders of SSPD
and the stockholders of P3M, no such amendment may (a) change the rate of
exchange for any shares of SSPD or the types or amounts of consideration that
will be distributed to the holders of the shares of stock of SSPD; (b) change
any term of the Articles of Incorporation of the surviving corporation; or (c)
adversely affect any of the rights of the stockholders of SSPD or P3M.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Plan and Agreement of Merger is hereby executed
upon behalf of each of the constituent corporations parties thereto.

Dated:   March 31, 2003                     SURGICAL SAFETY PRODUCTS, INC.


                                            By:___________________________
                                               Name:
                                               Title:

                                            POWER3 MEDICAL, INC.


                                            By:___________________________
                                               Name:
                                               Title:

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