February 18, 1998

Report to the Commissioner,

West Virginia Division of Corrections

EyeCheck vs. Urine Toxicology

Utilizing parole, probation, work release and corrections inmates at Mount Olive, Prunytown, Huntington, and Charleston West Virginia, under a cooperative agreement with the State of Illinois and West Virginia, 116 clients were tested using the following procedures:

All urine collection, instant checking using Gene Cup, Accusign, Med Tox, and iris scanning using the EyeCheck was conducted at the respective facilities. Emit was also used for screening at the West Virginia Laboratory in the Anthony Correctional facility. Once this was completed the urine was frozen and sent to the Illinois State Police Crime Lab in Chicago for additional EMIT testing and final GC/MS confirmatory testing. The match of the urine was for only the positive presence of drugs and not for the identification of drug types. The data was than match against the EyCheck for Pass/Fail indicators. The collection, testing and analysis were conducted under the supervision of the Institutional Review Board of the University of Illinois. The Illinois State Police in West Virginia conducted collection of all data, to include urine and iris scanning.

All instant checks were confirmed by GC/MS, additionally GC/MS identified more than the instant checks. Although drug classification was not match in this study, it is clear that the instant five panel screens are far less accurate than EyeCheck or GC/MS. Which indicates that more illicit drugs are being used than previously thought, to include inhalants.

Of the 20 EyeCheck identified, 17 were match with GCMS, which indicates a 90% accuracy for the EyeCheck when compare to GCMS. When compared to EMIT from West Virginia and the Chicago Crime Lab, EyeCheck had matched and exceeded this testing when confirmed by GC/MS. The question of the additional 3, which EyeCheck identified as having drugs, was identified as inhalants, which EMIT or GCMS could not have identified.

In conclusion, the EyeCheck could be a useful instrument for the screening of drugs to eliminate unneeded urine test.