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                                EXHIBIT 10(A)(1)


Resolutions passed at the Meeting of the Board of Directors of Tecnol Medical
Products, Inc.


                               February 25, 1993


         RESOLVED, that paragraph 17 of the 1991 Tecnol Stock Option Plan (the
"Plan") be and it hereby is amended to read as follows:

                 17.      Written Agreement.  Each Option granted under this
         Plan will be embodied in a written agreement that will be subject to
         the terms and conditions prescribed above, and will be signed by the
         Optionee and by the President or any Vice President of the Company
         for, in the name of, and on behalf of the Company.  If the agreement
         is entered into before February 25, 1993, or if the agreement is
         between the Company and an officer, director or holder of 10% or more
         of any class of equity securities of the Company within the meaning of
         Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, then
         the Agreement will prohibit the transfer of Common Stock issued upon
         exercise of an Option for two (2) years after the date on which the
         Option is exercised (excluding transfers to the Company, members of
         the Optionee's immediate family, or trusts for the benefit of the
         Optionee or members of the Optionee's immediate family, provided that
         the Common Stock transferred in either of the latter two cases will
         remain subject to the remainder of the two year prohibition on
         transfer) and such other provisions as the Committee in its discretion
         deems advisable.