UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                         Surgical Safety Products, Inc.
                  --------------------------------------------
                 (Name of small business issuer in its charter)

          New York                                                65-0565144
-------------------------------                              -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)

         2018 Oak Terrace
          Sarasota, Florida                                             34231
- ---------------------------------------                            ----------
(Address of principal executive offices)                              (Zip Code)


                          SURGICAL SAFETY PRODUCTS INC.
                             1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN
             ------------------------------------------------------
                            (Full title of the plan)

                          Donald K. Lawrence, President
                          Surgical Safety Products Inc.
                                2018 Oak Terrace
                             Sarasota, Florida 34231
                                 (941) 927-7874
         --------------------------------------------------------------
            (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

                                   Copies to:

                              Mercedes Travis, Esq.
                              Mintmire & Associates
                               265 Sunrise Avenue
                                    Suite 204
                              Palm Beach, FL 33480
                                 (561) 832-5696



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                                          CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

TITLE OF          PROPOSED        PROPOSED        MAXIMUM           AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES        AMOUNT          MAXIMUM         AGGREGATE         REGISTRATION
TO BE             TO BE           OFFERING        OFFERING          FEE (1)
REGISTERED        REGISTERED      PRICE           PRICE
                                  PER SHARE       PER SHARE
----------------  --------------  --------------  --------------    ------------
Common Stock       657,500 (2)    $1.15           $756,125          $ 210
$.001 par value


(1)      Estimated  pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h) solely for the purpose of
         calculating  the  Registration  Fee, which is based on the closing sale
         price of the  Company's  Common  Stock on  April  11,  2000 of $1.15 as
         reported on the OTC Electronic Bulletin Board.

(2)      Represents the number of shares of Common Stock registered  pursuant to
         this  registration  statement  available  for  issuance  to  employees,
         directors,  officers  and  consultants  on  exercise  of options  under
         Surgical  Safety  Products  Inc.'s  1999 Stock  Option  Plan (the "1999
         Revised  ESOP"),  all of which  options were "NSO's" as defined in such
         plan.

1999 Revised ESOP  dated April 13, 2000

                                     PART II

                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         The  following  documents  which  have been  heretofore  filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by the Registrant pursuant
to the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement:

          (1)  The  Annual  Report  on Form  10KSB  for the  fiscal  year  ended
               December 31, 1999 filed March 31, 2000;

          (2)  All other reports  filed by the  Registrant  with the  Commission
               pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section  15(d) of the  Exchange Act
               since the end of the period covered by the Form 10KSB referred to
               above; and

          (3)  The  description of the Common Stock of the Registrant  contained
               in the Form 10SB filed September 28, 1998, as amended.

         All documents filed by the Registrant  with the Commission  pursuant to
Section 13(a),  13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of
this  Registration  Statement  and  prior  to  the  filing  of a  post-effective
amendment  hereto which indicates that all securities  offered have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be


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incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
of such documents.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         Article  VI  of  the  Company's  Articles  of  Incorporation   contains
provisions  providing  for the  indemnification  of  directors of the Company as
follows:

         "The  personal  liability  of  directors  to  the  corporation  or  its
shareholders  for  damages  for any  breach of duty in such  capacity  is hereby
eliminated  except that such  personal  liability  shall not be  eliminated if a
judgment or other final adjudication  adverse to such director  establishes that
his acts or omissions were in bad faith or involved intentional  misconduct or a
knowing violation of law or that he personally gained in fact a financial profit
or  other  advantage  to  which  he was not  legally  entitled  or that his acts
violated Section 719 of the Business Corporation Law.

         Article VI of the Company's By-Laws contains  provisions  providing for
the indemnification of directors and officers of the Company as follows:

         Each director and officer of this  corporation  shall be indemnified by
the corporation against all costs and expenses actually and necessarily incurred
by him or her in connection  with the defense of any action,  suit or proceeding
in which he or she may be  involved or to which he or she may be made a party by
reason of his or her being or having been such  director  or officer,  except in
relation  to  matters as to which he or she shall be  finally  adjudged  in such
action,  suit or  proceeding  to be liable for  negligence  or misconduct in the
performance of duty.

         The  Company  has no  other  agreements  with any of its  directors  or
executive offices providing for indemnification of any such persons with respect
to liability arising out of their capacity or status as officers and directors.

         At present,  there is no pending  litigation or proceeding  involving a
director or officer of the Company as to which indemnification is being sought.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

5.1 * Opinion of Mintmire & Associates


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10.26 Surgical Safety Products 1999 Stock Option Plan adopted January 1999 [1]

23.1 * Consent of Kerkering, Barberio & Co., P.A.

23.2 * Consent of Mintmire & Associates (contained in the opinion filed as
       Exhibit 5.1 hereof)

(* filed herewith)

[1] Previously filed with the Company's Amendment No. 1 to the Form 10SB

Item 9. Undertakings.

The Registrant hereby undertakes:

(a)      (1)   to  file,   during  any  period  in  which  it  offers  or  sells
               securities,  a post  effective  amendment  to  this  registration
               statement to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a) (3)
               of the Securities Act;

         (2)   that,  for the purpose of  determining  any  liability  under the
               Securities Act of 1933, to treat each post-effective amendment as
               a new registration  statement of the securities offered,  and the
               offering of the  securities  at that time to be the initial  bona
               fide offering;

         (3)   to  remove  from   registration  by  means  of  a  post-effective
               amendment any of the securities  that remain unsold at the end of
               the offering.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 (the "Act") may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling
persons of the small business  issuer pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or
otherwise, the small business issuer has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the Act and is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event that a
claim for  indemnification  against such liabilities  (other than the payment by
the Company in the  successful  defense of any action,  suit or  proceeding)  is
asserted by such director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities  being  registered,  the Company will,  unless in the opinion of this
counsel that matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate  jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification by it is
against  public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
jurisdiction of such issue.





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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf, in the City of Sarasota,  Florida on April
12, 2000.

                                     SURGICAL SAFETY PRODUCTS INC.


                                     By:      /s/ G.  Michael Swor
                                              ----------------------------------
                                              Dr.  G.  Michael Swor, Chairman of
                                              the Board and Chief Executive
                                              Officer

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons, who represent a
majority of the Board of Directors, in the capacities and on the dated indicated

Signature                      Capacity                           Date
- ---------                    -----                              ----

/s/ G.  Michael Swor           Chairman of the Board              April 12, 2000
-----------------------------  and Chief Executive
 G. Michael Swor               Officer


/s/ David Collins              Acting Chief Financial Officer,    April 12, 2000
-----------------------------  Secretary, Treasurer and
 David Collins                 Director (principal financial
                               or accounting officer)


/s/ Donald K.  Lawrence        President, Chief Operating         April 12, 2000
-----------------------------  Officer and Director
 Donald K. Lawrence


/s/ Frank Clark                Director                           April 12, 2000
-----------------------------
Frank Clark

/s/ James D. Stuart            Director                           April 12, 2000
- ---------------------------
 James D. Stuart


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 /s/ Sam Norton                Director                           April 12, 2000
------------------------------
 Sam Norton

 /s/ David Swor                Director                           April 12, 2000
------------------------------
 David Swor

 /s/ William B. Saye           Director                           April 12, 2000
------------------------------
 William B. Saye
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                         Surgical Safety Products, Inc.
                  --------------------------------------------
                 (Name of small business issuer in its charter)

          New York                                                65-0565144
-------------------------------                              -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)

         2018 Oak Terrace
          Sarasota, Florida                                             34231
- ---------------------------------------                            ----------
(Address of principal executive offices)                              (Zip Code)

                          SURGICAL SAFETY PRODUCTS INC.
                             1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN
             ------------------------------------------------------
                            (Full title of the plan)

                          Donald K. Lawrence, President
                          Surgical Safety Products Inc.
                                2018 Oak Terrace
                             Sarasota, Florida 34231
                                 (941) 927-7874
         --------------------------------------------------------------
            (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

                                   Copies to:

                              Mercedes Travis, Esq.
                              Mintmire & Associates
                               265 Sunrise Avenue
                                    Suite 204
                              Palm Beach, FL 33480
                                 (561) 832-5696
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

TITLE OF          PROPOSED        PROPOSED        MAXIMUM           AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES        AMOUNT          MAXIMUM         AGGREGATE         REGISTRATION
TO BE             TO BE           OFFERING        OFFERING          FEE (1)
REGISTERED        REGISTERED      PRICE           PRICE
                                  PER SHARE       PER SHARE
----------------  --------------  --------------  --------------    ------------
Common Stock       657,500 (2)    $1.15           $756,125          $ 210
$.001 par value

(1)      Estimated  pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h) solely for the purpose of
         calculating  the  Registration  Fee, which is based on the closing sale
         price of the  Company's  Common  Stock on  April  11,  2000 of $1.15 as
         reported on the OTC Electronic Bulletin Board.

(2)      Represents the number of shares of Common Stock registered  pursuant to
         this  registration  statement  available  for  issuance  to  employees,
         directors,  officers  and  consultants  on  exercise  of options  under
         Surgical  Safety  Products  Inc.'s  1999 Stock  Option  Plan (the "1999
         Revised  ESOP"),  all of which  options were "NSO's" as defined in such
         plan.

1999 Revised ESOP  dated April 13, 2000

                                     PART II

                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         The  following  documents  which  have been  heretofore  filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by the Registrant pursuant
to the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement:

          (1)  The  Annual  Report  on Form  10KSB  for the  fiscal  year  ended
               December 31, 1999 filed March 31, 2000;

          (2)  All other reports  filed by the  Registrant  with the  Commission
               pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section  15(d) of the  Exchange Act
               since the end of the period covered by the Form 10KSB referred to
               above; and

          (3)  The  description of the Common Stock of the Registrant  contained
               in the Form 10SB filed September 28, 1998, as amended.

         All documents filed by the Registrant  with the Commission  pursuant to
Section 13(a),  13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of
this  Registration  Statement  and  prior  to  the  filing  of a  post-effective
amendment  hereto which indicates that all securities  offered have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
of such documents.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         Article  VI  of  the  Company's  Articles  of  Incorporation   contains
provisions  providing  for the  indemnification  of  directors of the Company as
follows:

         "The  personal  liability  of  directors  to  the  corporation  or  its
shareholders  for  damages  for any  breach of duty in such  capacity  is hereby
eliminated  except that such  personal  liability  shall not be  eliminated if a
judgment or other final adjudication  adverse to such director  establishes that
his acts or omissions were in bad faith or involved intentional  misconduct or a
knowing violation of law or that he personally gained in fact a financial profit
or  other  advantage  to  which  he was not  legally  entitled  or that his acts
violated Section 719 of the Business Corporation Law.

         Article VI of the Company's By-Laws contains  provisions  providing for
the indemnification of directors and officers of the Company as follows:

         Each director and officer of this  corporation  shall be indemnified by
the corporation against all costs and expenses actually and necessarily incurred
by him or her in connection  with the defense of any action,  suit or proceeding
in which he or she may be  involved or to which he or she may be made a party by
reason of his or her being or having been such  director  or officer,  except in
relation  to  matters as to which he or she shall be  finally  adjudged  in such
action,  suit or  proceeding  to be liable for  negligence  or misconduct in the
performance of duty.

         The  Company  has no  other  agreements  with any of its  directors  or
executive offices providing for indemnification of any such persons with respect
to liability arising out of their capacity or status as officers and directors.

         At present,  there is no pending  litigation or proceeding  involving a
director or officer of the Company as to which indemnification is being sought.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

5.1 * Opinion of Mintmire & Associates
10.26 Surgical Safety Products 1999 Stock Option Plan adopted January 1999 [1]

23.1 * Consent of Kerkering, Barberio & Co., P.A.

23.2 * Consent of Mintmire & Associates (contained in the opinion filed as
       Exhibit 5.1 hereof)

(* filed herewith)

[1] Previously filed with the Company's Amendment No. 1 to the Form 10SB

Item 9. Undertakings.

The Registrant hereby undertakes:

(a)      (1)   to  file,   during  any  period  in  which  it  offers  or  sells
               securities,  a post  effective  amendment  to  this  registration
               statement to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a) (3)
               of the Securities Act;

         (2)   that,  for the purpose of  determining  any  liability  under the
               Securities Act of 1933, to treat each post-effective amendment as
               a new registration  statement of the securities offered,  and the
               offering of the  securities  at that time to be the initial  bona
               fide offering;

         (3)   to  remove  from   registration  by  means  of  a  post-effective
               amendment any of the securities  that remain unsold at the end of
               the offering.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 (the "Act") may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling
persons of the small business  issuer pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or
otherwise, the small business issuer has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the Act and is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event that a
claim for  indemnification  against such liabilities  (other than the payment by
the Company in the  successful  defense of any action,  suit or  proceeding)  is
asserted by such director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities  being  registered,  the Company will,  unless in the opinion of this
counsel that matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate  jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification by it is
against  public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
jurisdiction of such issue.
SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf, in the City of Sarasota,  Florida on April
12, 2000.

                                     SURGICAL SAFETY PRODUCTS INC.

                                     By:      /s/ G.  Michael Swor
                                              ----------------------------------
                                              Dr.  G.  Michael Swor, Chairman of
                                              the Board and Chief Executive
                                              Officer

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons, who represent a
majority of the Board of Directors, in the capacities and on the dated indicated

Signature                      Capacity                           Date
- ---------                    -----                              ----

/s/ G.  Michael Swor           Chairman of the Board              April 12, 2000
-----------------------------  and Chief Executive
 G. Michael Swor               Officer

/s/ David Collins              Acting Chief Financial Officer,    April 12, 2000
-----------------------------  Secretary, Treasurer and
 David Collins                 Director (principal financial
                               or accounting officer)

/s/ Donald K.  Lawrence        President, Chief Operating         April 12, 2000
-----------------------------  Officer and Director
 Donald K. Lawrence

/s/ Frank Clark                Director                           April 12, 2000
-----------------------------
Frank Clark

/s/ James D. Stuart            Director                           April 12, 2000
- ---------------------------
 James D. Stuart
/s/ Sam Norton                Director                           April 12, 2000
------------------------------
 Sam Norton

 /s/ David Swor                Director                           April 12, 2000
------------------------------
 David Swor

 /s/ William B. Saye           Director                           April 12, 2000
------------------------------
 William B. Saye