Australian Owned and Manufactured. Largest Supplier of Roadside alcohol test devices to Australian Police

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2 Australian Owned and Manufactured Largest Supplier of Roadside alcohol test devices to Australian Police Continually developing products and services to ensure Industry can remain Alcohol and Drug Free

3 There are Good Reasons to Test for Drugs and Alcohol Keep your Staff and the General Public safe Part of the Risk Assessment Process in Chain of Responsibility Make sure that Assumptions are not made e.g. age Don t Collect Employees rejected by Industries that Test

4 The Risks are Real 13% of Australians use Cannabis 4% use Methamphetamines 60% of Heavy Drug users Work full Time 21% of Fatalities involving Heavy Vehicles find Illicit Drugs 24% of Fatalities involving Heavy Vehicles find Alcohol * Information from ADF; ComCare; Curtin Uni; Aust Gov AIHW

5 The Problem isn t Ageist! 50 59yr 11.1% Used Illicit drugs in 2013 vs 8.8% in 2010 >60 years 6.4% Used Illicit drugs in 2013 vs 5.2% in 2010 Alcohol and Drug Treatment Population >40yo has increased to 33%; 20 29yo has decreased to 29% Alcohol is the Most Commonly Found in the +50 yoage Group

6 Testing is Best with a Policy To start testing your employees you should consider an AOD Policy This can be constructed to suit your business You can choose the actions you take if you find anyone who is Drug or Alcohol Affected It is easy to eliminate the Alcohol as a risk its cheap and quick You need to consider your Drug test program to make sure you maximise your outcomes drug testing is more expensive and time consuming

7 Policy Inclusions to Consider What to test for? What to test with? What levels of alcohol will you allow? What happens if you find a non negative? What happens if that is a confirmed positive? Is alcohol self testing a softer start for you? Is the testing going to be random or random blanket? Will you offer rehab or will you keep the job open if you have a confirmed positive? How many tests do you expect to carry out on each employee per year? Will you do the testing or will you outsource it? Or will it be a combination?

8 Alcohol Testing Most Industries choose inline with the road laws for Heavy Haulage Mining has Heavy Haulage and any passenger carrying commercial vehicle iebuses, taxis, chauffuer driven cars must be Rail has had legislated testing for Drugs and Alcohol for many years Workers on Federal Projects must now be tested for both Drugs and Alcohol Contracts you sign in these and many industries now ask for proof of in the drivers that the contractors uses.

9 Common Drugs Tested ABBREVIATION FULL NAME COC Cocaine MET Methamphetamines AMP Amphetamines THC Marijuana/ Cannabis OPI Opiates BZO / BZD (either or) Benzodiazepines The Most Commonly used illicit Drug is THC which is rapidly being approached by MET

10 Different Detection Times for Urine & Oral Fluid* DRUG TYPE Oral Fluid Urine Effect of Drug THC -Cannabis 0-12 hrs hrs Upto 30 days Opiates hrs hrs Upto 4 days Cocaine 0-4 hrs Upto 24 hours hrs Upto4 days Amphetamines hrs hrs Upto 5 days Methamphetamine hrs Benzodiazepines Screen only Confirm via Urine *The time frames given here are indication only hrs Upto 5 days hrs Depends on Drug taken Heightened mood.side Effects impaired memory, reduced motor skills, paranoia, anxiety Euphoria moods; Side effects sedation,respiratory depression, Increase Alertness, Well being, Energy,Motor Activity. Side Effects include loss of contact with reality, agitation, sudden cardiac arrest Performance and cognitiveenhancer. Side Effects leads to Psychoses Elevated moods,increased alertness, improved concentration, energy to counter fatigue. Side Effects Psychoses, Withdrawal Syndrome, Brain damage Good fortreating anxiety, agitation, seizures, alcohol withdrawal. Side effects aggression, behavioural disinhibition. Commonly misused

11 There is Help at Hand Industry Associations such as Transafe WA Risk Services have workshops RMS NSW has instructions re AOD policy and programs Aust Govt ComCare Websites Specialist AOD Companies

12 Any Questions?

13 Alcolizer Services Breathalysers Hand Held and Wall Mount Alcohol testing solutions Mobile (to be released) and Wall Mount Reporting Solutions Ensure Compliance; Identify your Hot Spots Industry Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs Supported Do it Yourself Drug Testing Programs Drug Test Consumables Training for Alcohol and Drug Testing

14 The New Alcolizer Wall Mount 4 is Well Connected Wiegand Interface Swipe Cards or Proximity Keypad RS232 USB Printer Router Firewall WWW Epson TM-T20 3 Relay Contacts RS232 Connectivity

15 Sign in with the Alcolizer InSIGHT Visitor App

16 AlcoCONNECT Customers results in real time Analysis of drug and alcohol data Identify trouble spots Monitor daily testing programs Increased compliance Reduced risk.

17 Alcohol use contributes to 5 per cent of all Australian workplace deaths and 25 per cent of workplace accidents. Policy Talk Australian Drug Foundation, June 2014

18 Wall Mount 4 The Alcolizer Wall Mount 4. The fastest worker turnaround. High volume testing environments. NATA Certified reference gas Daily auto calibration self-calibration. arguably the most accurate alcohol breath tester, day-in/day-out, anywhere in the world.