Ocular irritation scoring system

Skin and Eye Irritation The solvent should not be a skin or eye irritant. A product is considered to be a skin irritant if it has a mean score of 2 or more for either erythema and eschar formation or edema formation, based on the OECD dermal scoring system (OECD, TG 404). A product is classified as an eye irritant if it causes significant ocular lesions, in any type of ocular tissue (i.e., cornea, iris, or conjuncti-vae) within 72 hours after exposure and which persist for at least 24 hours. 

Comeal organ culture combined with objectively quantifiable assays for comeal epithelial barrier disruption reduces the high variability associated to the subjectively scored Draize Test. Although the surface biotinylation allows for an objective outcome measure, the scoring system is not yet quantitatively comparable for assessment of ocular irritancy to multiple test products. As it is utilized more extensively in varied laboratories with numerous test chemicals a standardized scoring system can be elicited similar to the familiar Draize Test. 

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