INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



The Board of Directors
Microtek Medical, Inc.


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Form S-8 Nos.  33-85668,  33-93526 and  333-11407)  of Isolyser  Company,  Inc.
pertaining  to the  Isolyser  Company,  Inc.  Stock  Option  Plan,  Registration
Statement (Form S-8 No. 33- 93528) pertaining to the 1995 Isolyser Company, Inc.
Non-Employee  Director  Option  Plan and  Registration  Statement  (Form S-8 No.
33-93524) pertaining to the Isolyser Company,  Inc. 1995 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan of our report  dated  January  17,  1996 with  respect to the  consolidated
balance sheets of Microtek  Medical,  Inc. and  subsidiaries  as of November 30,
1995 and 1994 and the related consolidated statements of earnings, stockholders'
equity  and cash  flows for each of the  years in the  three-year  period  ended
November 30, 1995,  which report  appears in the November 30, 1995 annual report
on Form 10K of Microtek  Medical,  Inc. and  subsidiaries and is incorporated by
reference in the Form 8K of Isolyser Company, Inc. filed on August 30, 1996.



Jackson, Mississippi                                     KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
March 27, 1997





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