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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                      Consent of Independent Accountants

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-4 of Orasure Technologies, Inc. of our report dated November
12, 1999 relating to the Epitope Inc. financial statements, which appear in
Epitope Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1999.
We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Portland, Oregon

August 22, 2000



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