Exhibit 23.02

                          Consent of Independent Auditors

      We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to options to purchase an aggregate
of 300,000 shares of Common Stock of Cantel Industries, Inc. (the "Company")
under the Company's 1996 Employee Stock Option Plan and under certain stock
option agreements between the Company and Robert L. Barbanell, Charles M. Diker
and Darwin C. Dornbush, respectively, and to the incorporation by reference
therein of our report dated September 18, 1996, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements and schedule of Cantel Industries, Inc. included in its
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 1996, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Princeton, New Jersey
January 29, 1997