CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We  consent to the  reference  to our firm under the  caption  "Experts"  in the
Registration  Statement  (Form S-8 No.  333-0000)  pertaining  to the 1993 Stock
Option Plan of Sheffield  Medical  Technologies  Inc., the 1996 Directors  Stock
Option Plan of  Sheffield  Medical  Technologies  Inc.  and  options  granted to
directors, officers, employees, consultants and advisors of the Company pursuant
to other employee benefit plans of Sheffield  Medical  Technologies  Inc. and to
the  incorporation  by reference  therein of our report dated February 28, 1996,
except for Note 10 as to which the date is April 10,  1996,  with respect to the
consolidated  financial  statements of Sheffield  Medical  Technologies Inc. and
subsidiary  included  in its  Annual  Report  (Form  10-KSB)  for the year ended
December 31, 1995, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                                           /S/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
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                                                               Ernst & Young LLP

Princeton, New Jersey
October 21, 1996


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