EXHIBIT 23.3
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
    We  consent to the incorporation by  reference in the Registration Statement
on Form S-3 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or  about
July  3, 1996,  by AccuMed  International, Inc.  and subsidiaries  of our report
dated December  8,  1995,  on  our  audit  of  the  balance  sheets  of  AccuMed
International  Limited as  of December  31, 1994, April  30, 1994  and 1993, and
related statements  of  operations and  cashflows  for the  eight  months  ended
December 31, 1994, and the years ended April 30, 1994 and 1993, appearing in the
Registration   Statement  on  Form  S-4  (SEC   File  No.  33-99680)  of  Alamar
Biosciences, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant  to
the Securities Act of 1933 as incorporated by reference in the Current Report on
Form 8-K dated December 29, 1995.
 
/s/ Coopers & Lybrand
 
Croydon
United Kingdom
July 3, 1996