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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

To the Board of Directors
AccuMed International, Inc.

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No.    
333-04715, 033-98902, 333-07681 and 333-28125) on Form S-3 and (no. 333-04320
and 333-11219) on  Form S-8 on AccuMed International, Inc. of our report dated
March 18, 1997, relating to the statement of net assets sold of Difco
Microbiology Systems, Incorporated as of December 31, 1996 and 1995 and the
related statements of revenue and expenses for the years then ended.


                                        /s/ Perrin, Fordree & Company, P. C.

Troy, Michigan
July 17, 1997


























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