Australian alcohol and drug trends 2024: NDSHS report
We reveal trends from the latest National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2022-23, including drug and alcohol consumption trends, policies, and targets.
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We reveal trends from the latest National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2022-23, including drug and alcohol consumption trends, policies, and targets.
There are 6 major steps in setting up an alcohol and drug testing policy that meets the specific needs of your workplace to create a safe working environment.
Besides ensuring a safe working environment, alcohol and drug testing helps boost employee productivity and combats substance use issues in the community.
Find out what Australian Standard AS3547 is about, as well as its implications on industrial breathalysers used on-site and at the workplace.
In short, it is legal for employers in Australia to conduct workplace drug testing in accordance with the company's alcohol and drug testing policy.
In general, drug compounds can be detected in urine for a longer period of time compared to saliva. Detection windows vary according to the nature of the drug.
Unlike pregnancy tests and COVID-19 self-test kits, 2 lines on a drug test kit indicates a negative drug test result. Here's an explanation of how it works.
As no drug test kit is one-size-fits-all, there are 4 criteria to look at when choosing a suitable drug test kit for employees' drug screening at your workplace.
Superseding AS3547:1997 in June 2022, the Australian Standard AS3547:2019 has 5 major updates that matter for the use of industrial breathalysers.
Get answers to your concerns about Australian Standard AS3547:2019 for breathalysers used for on-site and workplace breath alcohol screening.