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                                                                      EXHIBIT 14

                              TELEFLEX INCORPORATED

                   CODE OF ETHICS FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                          AND SENIOR FINANCIAL OFFICERS


The Company has a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct Guidelines applicable to
all directors, employees, and agents of the Company. The Chief Executive Officer
("CEO") and all senior financial officers, including the Chief Financial Officer
("CFO") and principal accounting officer, are bound by the provisions set forth
therein relating to ethical conduct, conflicts of interest and compliance with
law. In addition to the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct Guidelines, the CEO
and senior financial officers are subject to the following additional specific
policies:

      1.    The CEO and all senior financial officers are responsible for full,
            fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in the periodic
            reports required to be filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities
            and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, it is the responsibility of
            the CEO and each senior financial officer promptly to bring to the
            attention of the Audit Committee any material information of which
            he or she may become aware that affects the disclosures made by the
            Company in its public filings or otherwise assist the Audit
            Committee in fulfilling its responsibilities.

      2.    The CEO and each senior financial officer shall promptly bring to
            the attention of the Audit Committee any information he or she may
            have concerning (a) significant deficiencies in the design or
            operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the
            Company's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
            data or (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
            management or other employees who have a significant role in the
            Company's financial reporting, disclosures or internal controls.

      3.    The CEO and each senior financial officer shall promptly bring to
            the attention of the CEO and/or the Audit Committee any information
            he or she may have concerning evidence of a material violation of
            the securities or other laws, rules or regulations applicable to the
            Company and the operation of its business, by the Company or any
            agent thereof.

      4.    The CEO and each senior financial officer shall promptly bring to
            the attention of the Business Ethics Oversight Committee any
            information he or she may have concerning any violation of the
            Company's Code of Ethics and Business Conduct Guidelines or these
            additional policies, including any actual or apparent conflicts of
            interest between personal and professional relationships, involving
            any management or
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            other employees who have a significant role in the Company's
            financial reporting, disclosures or internal controls.

      5.    The Board of Directors shall determine, or designate appropriate
            persons to determine, appropriate actions to be taken in the event
            of violations of the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct Guidelines
            or these additional policies by the CEO and the Company's senior
            financial officers. Such actions shall be reasonably designed to
            deter wrongdoing and to promote accountability for adherence to the
            Code of Ethics and Business Conduct Guidelines and to these
            additional policies and shall include written notices to the
            individual involved that the Board has determined that there has
            been a violation, censure by the Board, demotion or re-assignment of
            the individual involved, suspension with or without pay or benefits,
            and termination of the individual's employment. In determining what
            action is appropriate in a particular case, the Board of Directors
            or such designee shall take into account all relevant information,
            including the nature and severity of the violation, whether the
            violation was a single occurrence or repeated occurrences, whether
            the violation appears to have been intentional or inadvertent,
            whether the individual in question had been advised prior to the
            violation as to the proper course of action and whether or not the
            individual in question had committed other violations in the past.





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