If you own or manage a business in Western Australia that is safety critical, one of your key tactics to improve safety should be to conduct workplace drug testing. Western Australian statistics show that drug use and misuse is an issue in our state, making drug testing an absolute necessity. Drug use and misuse...
Author: Paul
Paul is the Owner and Director of Integrity Sampling WA, which has technicians that provides drug and alcohol management services, including drug and alcohol testing, in the Perth area and all regional locations within Western Australia. You can connect with Paul Marshall on LinkedIn
Drug use in WA and Perth, the highs and lows
There is good and not so good news for workplace drug testing in Perth and WA, from the fifth report of the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program released recently. The most recent report found that use of methamphetamines in Perth were at its lowest levels since drug testing of the city’s wastewater began in...
Not all ship-shape for drug testing in Western Australia
If you drive on the roads in Western Australia you can be asked to undergo random drug testing and random alcohol testing. If you are employed in some workplaces you may be required to undergo drug and alcohol testing as part of your employment. But one place you won’t face a random drug or...
Saliva testing v urine testing for your Perth business
Do you own a business in Perth? Do you conduct drug testing? If yes, or if you are considering introducing drug testing for your Perth business, you have two main choices – saliva testing or urine testing? On the face of it, most people would consider the choice not to be all that important....
Mobile drug testing in WA
If you want your drug testing to be truly mobile – and we mean virtually anywhere in WA – then saliva drug testing is a better choice than urine drug testing. Mobile drug testing may be important for your WA if your employees work off-site or in areas where restrooms aren’t handy. For example,...
Saliva testing or urine drug testing for your WA business
If your Perth or Western Australian business is contemplating introducing drug and alcohol testing as part of a drug and alcohol management plan, one of the decisions you’ll need to make is which testing methods to use. While breath testing is the clearly the best choice for alcohol testing, when it comes to drug...
Find the answers on drug testing in your Western Australian business
Have you got a question about drug and alcohol management in your Western Australian business? Do you want to know whether you can introduce drug testing, what action you can take if you think an employee is affected by drugs or whether you can serve alcohol at a work function? One of the places...
Drug testing in Western Australia nabbing plenty
An article on the WAtoday.com.au website claims that around 250 people each month are being charged with driving while under the influence of drugs, after getting caught in drug testing on Western Australia’s roads. The damning statistic highlight that there are plenty of drivers in Western Australia who are willing to take risks with...
Random drug testing in WA, anywhere, anytime
Police have had the ability to conduct random drug testing on WA roads for some time, but now the process is even more portable with new roadside drug testing kits being rolled out. According to a media release by the WA Department of Road Safety, the new kits are more compact and portable than...
Drug and alcohol testing in Western Australia a huge task
We all know that Western Australia is a huge state and its sheer size can cause issues for service and product supply. You might think the same issues apply if you’re a workplace that needs to conduct drug and alcohol testing, but, thankfully, Integrity Sampling has you covered. Integrity Sampling’s drug and alcohol testing...