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 1,300,000 shares of Surgical Safety Product
Inc.'s common stock under the Company's 1998 Revised  Employee Stock Option Plan
and  129,000  shares of its  common  stock  under  the  Company's  1998  Revised
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