INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Microtek Medical, Inc.



We consent to the incorporation by reference in this  Registration  Statement on
Form S-8 of Isolyser  Company,  Inc.  pertaining to the Isolyser  Company,  Inc.
Stock  Option 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 10-K of Microtek  Medical,  Inc. and  subsidiaries  and is
incorporated  by reference in the Form 8-K of Isolyser  Company,  Inc.  filed on
August 30, 1996.


                                          /s/KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP   
                                             KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP


Jackson, Mississippi
September 17, 1997


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