Exhibit 99.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                               18 U.S.C. (S)1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of OraSure Technologies, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Ronald H. Spair, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. (S)1350, as adopted pursuant to Section
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

         (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.


/s/ Ronald H. Spair

Ronald H. Spair
Executive Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer

November 13, 2002

* Portions of this Exhibit were omitted and filed separately with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to an application for confidential treatment.