EXHIBIT 23.1





CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

         We consent to the reference to our firm in the  Registration  Statement
on Form S-8 for the  registration of 4,166,316 shares of Surgical Safety Product
Inc.'s  common stock under the  Company's  1994  Employee  Stock Option Plan and
346,115  shares of its common stock under the Company's  1994  Consultant  Stock
Option Plan and to the  incorporation  by reference  therein of our report dated
March 29, 2000 relating to the financial  statements  which appear in the Annual
Report on Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 1999.


                                /s/ Kerkering, Barbario & Co., P.A.
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                                Kerkering, Barbario & Co., P.A.,
                                Independent Public Accountants.

Sarasota, Florida
April 12, 2000