EXHIBIT 23.2

              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

    We have issued our reports dated September 22, 1998, accompanying the
financial statements of Hittman Materials and Medical Components, Inc. contained
in the Registration Statement and Prospectus. We consent to the use of the
aforementioned reports in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, and to the
use of our name as it appears under the caption "Experts."

/s/ Grant Thornton LLP


Baltimore, Maryland
July 3, 2000