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                                   EXHIBIT 25
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints Robert P. Scherer, Jr. and Amy M. Murphy, and each of them, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for
him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Scherer Healthcare, Inc. for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 1997, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite or necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     This 11th day of June, 1997.



                                                  /s/ William J. Thompson
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                                                  William J. Thompson
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints Robert P. Scherer, Jr. and Amy M. Murphy, and each of them, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for
him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Scherer Healthcare, Inc. for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 1997, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite or necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     This 11th day of June, 1997.



                                                       /s/ Stephen Lukas, Sr.
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                                                       Stephen Lukas, Sr.
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints Robert P. Scherer, Jr. and Amy M. Murphy, and each of them, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for
him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Scherer Healthcare, Inc. for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 1997, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite or necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     This 11th day of June, 1997.



                                                       /s/ Kenneth H. Robertson
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                                                       Kenneth H. Robertson.