Expressionless Faces

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Have you ever been in a neighborhood which is particularly affected by drug abuse? Have you ever seen what happens to the faces of the residents in these neighborhoods, even to the faces of the children? That’s right. Their expressions are mostly emotionless. It does not mean that these people don’t have emotions. It means that they are unable to correctly handle their own emotions, and so therefore they are looking to create new, blank canvases where they can hide (and therefore perhaps avoid) all emotions which they might be feeling.

It is so important for your workers to at least have some enjoyment at what they do for work. By being productive, they become stronger and more resilient against things which might drive them to drug abuse or alcohol abuse in the first place. This little bit of productive joy in their lives is necessary in order for them to feel at peace with themselves and, therefore, feel at peace with everyone around them.

CMM Technology is one of the drug test equipment suppliers in Australia, and we carry everything from urine drug test to saliva drug test to alcohol tests. We are even NATA accredited for our breathalyser recalibration service. Fortunately, we know that every business may have one or two employees who are affected by drug abuse and that these unfortunate souls may bring their abuse, in the form of substances themselves or high or drunk behavior, to the jobsite. This means that you, the leader of the company, must be able to correctly read and handle each employee as they come into your workplace, and for this you need reliable drug test equipment.

We recommend our Alere DDS2 (with reader) saliva drug test, but we also carry other types of drug test equipment and alcohol test so that you can take your pick. Also, if you have breathalyser which need calibrated then our recalibration service does just that, even if it is not our equipment. That means that you have a quick way to screen your employees both safely and effectively, with high quality results and accuracy. Remember that expressionless faces may reveal more than they hide.

This article has been taken from : http://www.cmm.com.au/articles/expressionless-faces/

Newly Established Companies

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When you first set up your business, you may have had to take out loans on your enterprise, you may have had to hire people who are on a payroll, and you may have had to go into debt, even by quite a bit, just in order to get your operations up and running.

Newly established companies are always in a weakened position and while you may be strong enough to run and own and operate a company, you may not have enough strength to push further and further, making it over that first initial ledge of debt and difficulty in the beginning. Unless you have all of the strength left in you reserved for that task and that task alone, you may not find your successes to be as great as you would like them to be.

Newly established companies are almost one hundred percent dependent upon the internal strength and resolved of the new owner and operator. Without his or her strength, followed by the backing and efforts of their employees, the whole startup business is bound to fail.

In the E-Myth book series, Michael Gerber discusses the mistakes which entrepreneurs make in their business, and what determines how they see the world. He talks about how your original vision CAN come to life, but it may involve an enormous amount of personal growth on your part.

CMM Technology is not interested in personally pushing you to new heights of growth, the growing pains of which may force you to back out of the deal. Instead, we just want to help you improve your business to the best extent possible. We are an Australian based drug test equipment supplier, and we also provide alcohol test and NATA accredited recalibration services. It is not in our best interests to force you to do anything, but it is in our best interests to bring about a higher quality of business in which you can work. We know that you do not always know what your employees are up to. Make sure that they are not up to any illicit behavior, such as drug or alcohol abuse in the workplace.

This article has been taken from: ]http://www.cmm.com.au/articles/newly-established-companies/

Make Your Business More Stable

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When you want your company to avoid the rollercoaster effect of high ups and deep downs, then you will want to make it more stable. If your particular company is suffering from this problem, remember that stability is a combination of several different efforts. For example, you can easily break one or two pieces of straw, but when you try to break a whole bundle of straw, it barely yields to your efforts. This is what we mean when we say that stability is a combination of several different factors, which include employee drug testing.

CMM Technology is not only NATA accredited for our breathalyser recalibration services (and we service breathalyser devices which are not our own products, just so you know), but we also provide small and bulk orders of breathalyser devices, urine drug tests and saliva drug tests, like our Rapid STAT saliva drug test. We know that you are looking for stability which lasts, and for that you need reliable equipment when you are evaluation your employees through screening tests.

Yes, your business should be more stable. It should be part of a wide variety of mechanisms in place which give you accurate data and control over your various business operations, from manufacturing and product development, to sales and marketing. Your employees are the one factor which you cannot completely control, but you can make sure that they are using company policy when they come to work, and you can make sure that they are compliant with the needs of your legal department. For this, you need scientific results, not just subjective opinions of their managers directly above them. After all, human nature has been known to make mistakes every once in a while.

Therefore, CMM Technology is part of your future business stability. You can make good decisions with accurate data when you have our drug test equipment to use in your regular employee screening. For this reason, we ask that you browse our website, and take a look at the different types of equipment which you may find to be of service in your current and future operations.

This article has been taken from: http://www.cmm.com.au/articles/make-your-business-more-stable/

Beauty and Surprise

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Beauty is such an elusive thing. You have to be in the right mood before the ugliest thing in the world will appear beautiful to you, and if you are in the wrong mood, then even exceptionally beautiful objects or people can seem to be plain and unsatisfying to you.

Beauty is subjective. No one agrees upon what is beautiful, though many studies have been made into fine art, the human body, landscapes, brilliantly colored sunsets, and metallic abstractions. These studies seek to find a “universal beauty” in both art and sculpture, in both music and dance.

When we are surprised by art or music in a pleasant way, it is often wondered, deep within ourselves, why we didn’t think of it before. It is as if you are actually remembering the piece of music or the painting from a long, long time ago, rather than experiencing for the first time. It is as if your soul has already seen that piece of art or heard that music, and is just now seeing it again, after many thousands of years.

Many ancients have spoken of the fact that all art and beauty actually is within us, and that the human soul has every beautiful thing in the world inside of it. When we see this art in the physical world, we have already seen it, deep within our souls, and appreciate the perfect rendering of the original memory.

It is not good to have an unpleasant surprise when your business, coming together as a whole, takes on the form of being out of control. That happens when substance abuse enters the company environment. Workers are negatively affected by their own abuse and by the abuse of fellow workers. Therefore, you must know about these conditions. You must know if and when your employees are abusing illicit drugs or alcohol while at work. Then, you must know about the drug test equipment offered by CMM Technology. It is really important to remember our Rapid STAT saliva drug test or Lifeloc FC10 alcohol test when you are looking for high quality drug test equipment.

This article has been taken from: http://www.cmm.com.au/articles/beauty-and-surprise/

Dirt, Mud, and Hands

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In many religions, people were made from mud. It is not just a Christian religious belief, but one which pervades many different religions the world over. The idea that human hands originally came from dirt is one of great significance. It is really important to not be swayed by too much sterility in this world, for washing away dirt from our hands is washing away our past.

This is the same reason why recovering alcoholics or drug addicts shouldn’t try to sterilize or get rid of their past. Their past is what made them who they are today, and that is really important for people who need to remember the good parts of who they are. When we are looking for redemption, we will easily find it in the simplest of pieces of salvation. That is why forgetting our drug induced or alcoholic past is not really a solution to the problem. People need to be able to look at their dirty, messy, chaotic roots, see them, accept them, and use them to dig deeper into the human experience which is called life.

At CMM Technology, we believe that your workers may or may not be abusing illicit substances while at work. The question is not whether they are or not, but how many and who it is. You see, even in the healthiest environments, our pasts, if ignored long enough, can reach up from the ground and pull us back to our ancestral earthy roots.

That is why CMM Technology has drug test equipment, alcohol test, and even a breathalyser recalibration service which is accredited by NATA. We know that it is important to know what your employees have been doing regarding their drug and alcoholic behavior in the workplace itself. Anything outside of that is not your domain, but this job, this workplace, and this office are yours. As the steward of the business, you must make the best decisions for the good of all of your employees, and that means having a plan in place for when someone has unacceptable drug test or alcohol test results.

This article has been taken from: http://www.cmm.com.au/articles/dirt-mud-and-hands/

Breaking the Silence Code

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Silence is used for meditation, it is used as punishment, it is used to think about things, and it is used to ponder over the day’s events or to remember past loved ones. Silence is where our minds, in their greatest and most powerful use, dwell with equanimity and full strength.

However, if you have ever lived with someone who is angry and silent about it or who uses silence as a punishment, then you are looking at a situation where you need to be able to break the silence code. In these times, we have some suggestions for you:

First of all, make sure you are aware of the person’s body language and personal demeanor. This will tell you a lot more than just if they are angry or not. It will tell you if they are angry because they feel threatened, because they feel insulted, or because they feel hurt.

Secondly, make sure that you pay attention to the memories you have of this particular person. If you know anything about them, you should know whether this behavior is typical of their good or bad moods. Make sure that you are not transferring a bad experience you had with someone else onto this person.

Thirdly, be sure and feel them out before drawing any set conclusions about them. For example, you might say something softly to them, in keeping with their silent state, and see if they burst into talking or if they answer in a manner which is not typical for them. It is also important to remember that most people are either morning people or evening people (some are just afternoon people), and that any other time of the day may be too much for their personal skills.

CMM Technology hopes that you only have mild problems with silence from your employees, and that none of it is due to drug or alcohol abuse on the worksite. If, however, that is the case, then we afford you the opportunity to know about it as it happens. Our drug test equipment, alcohol test, and NATA accredited breathalyser recalibration services are all at your disposal.

This article has been taken from: http://www.cmm.com.au/articles/breaking-the-silence-code/

Mistakes in D&A Testing DO Count

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Everything in life has risks and rewards, and workforce testing for drugs and alcohol is no different. The rewards of a substance free workplace include a lowered risk of accidents and injuries, higher productivity, and reduced health costs. The maximum rewards are only derived when the AOD program is managed correctly and legally. The risks, on the other hand, flow from failures to act. For example, management fails to develop a healthy workplace culture or the on site drug testing schedule is not followed. What are the other common drug testing mistakes that can quickly get employers in trouble?

Staying Off Shaky Ground

The first two common mistakes cover a broad area. First, the failure to develop a culture that discourages substance use and encourages ethical behaviour can raise the risk employees will use drugs and alcohol. There should be a positive culture that engages everyone in the organisation in the effort to keep drugs and alcohol out of the workplace. A poor workplace culture contributes to worker health problems like alcoholism and drug addiction.1 Developing a substance free culture has to start in the executive suite, flow down through the organisation and be regularly reinforced through messaging, employee resource groups, and worker training and development.

The second broad mistake is failing to have a written drug and alcohol testing policy. A corollary is failing to have a policy that meets federal and state or territory laws. Without a policy, employers stand on shaky legal ground in terms of enforcing a substance free workplace. In addition, the policy provides the consistency in the message delivered to employees and the responses should employees test positive to drugs.

List of Common Failures

Other common mistakes include the following:

Failing to follow the policy and procedures that were put in place

Using a company that is not AS4308 & AS4760 accredited for drug and alcohol testing

Failing to train managers in proper responses after developing suspicion an employee is using drugs

Failing to train employees on the policy whilst expecting compliance

Taking action on the first non-negative onsite drug testing results without obtaining confirmatory testing at an accredited laboratory

Not maintaining proper documentation that indicates the chain of custody for the sample

Breaching drug and alcohol testing confidentiality

Treating certain employees inconsistently, i.e. never test, test more frequently, ignore positive results, etc.

Small mistakes can lead to major employer problems. For example, The Australian Standard requires that certain protocols be followed concerning sample handling when there is a non-negative test result. If the employer fails to follow the Australian Standard, an employee is likely to claim the employer cannot “prove” anything (and is right).

Tell Me Again…

The drug and alcohol program needs the same attention to detail as other critical programs like compensation or job training. Workers should be thoroughly trained on the AOD policies and procedures. It is also just as important to share information that helps employees cope with workplace conditions and situations without turning to drugs or alcohol. The training has to be ongoing too. One more common mistake employers make is believing that telling a worker once, at the time of hiring, that drugs and alcohol are not allowed is all the training needed.2

Mistakes in D&A programs do count. To help employers avoid critical mistakes, CMM Technology supplies them with quality saliva drug test, urine drug test, and alcohol test supplies. In addition, CMM Technology has the appropriate documentation that simplifies the recording process whilst assisting employers with meeting legal requirements.

This article has been taken from: http://www.cmm.com.au/articles/mistakes-in-da-testing-do-count/

This Is No Technical Article

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Medix integrated pro-split cup 6+6 urine drug test with built in adulterant test, Rapid STAT saliva drug test, and Lifeloc FC10 personal breathalyser devices are just a few of the types of drug test equipment and alcohol tests that CMM Technology has available for businesses which wish to protect themselves with high quality employee drug testing. Know that you cannot protect with drug testing, but that you can protect with decisions based upon your screening results that you get in.

This article, however, will not be technical in nature. Once again, CMM Technology would like to discuss the whole reason for even using drug test equipment: the humans who work for us.

People are in and of themselves fragile and incomplete. When we are complete, then we are ready to either die or move on to new levels of growth. Whatever the case, though, there is not a perspective on humans which seems to interact with the technological base of drug testing. Thought processes seem to either see science and numbers or people and human nature, but never really both.

We would like to emphasize the strength in people, as well.

We would like to talk about how much people need employee drug testing, because it helps them feel safe when they are at work, as well as actually making them safe. We want to mention, in addition to this, how proud we are of our current business clients, for their growth, and their tenacity, and their will to become better companies.
That is something toward which to strive. Yes, we are NATA accredited for our breathalyser recalibration services, but we want to make your business our business. We have no shame in being at the lowest levels of company development, because, whatever the case, we are still a part of your development. That is so important.

CMM Technology takes pride in our products, and we take pride in our sister company, Mediscreen. However, most of all, we take pride in you, the businesses we serve and we produce the equipment to evaluate and data collect. If you want employee drug testing, place an order with us.

This article has been taken from: http://www.cmm.com.au/articles/this-is-no-technical-article/

Broken Hearts, Broken Guns

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Broken hearts lead to all kinds of destructive behavior, including property damage, physical violence, and even suicide or attempts at suicide. That is a hard thing to realize, and it is even harder to work through, but many people take the “feeling the whole thing” approach, just to ge through the pain and get it behind them. That is, most likely, the healthiest approach. By simply feeling all of the pain and working through it, you are creating a healthy situation out of a painful one.

However, by trying to mask the pain with alcohol or drugs until it goes away, you are not actually giving the pain time to leave. Instead, you are holding the pain, stuck in time, near you rather than letting it slough off like dead skin or old hurt usually can quickly.

Suicide can be caused not only by broken hearts, but also by abusing drugs or alcohol, and then realizing that they don’t fix the pain deciding to commit suicide just to get rid of it. Broken hearts and illicit substance abuse do NOT go together.

It is of primary importance to always remember that you are the boss of your company and that you need to know if people are abusing illicit drugs or alcohol while at work with you and with their coworkers. If someone gets injured on your watch, because of behavior resulting from drug or alcohol abuse, you will still be liable for the damage, lawsuit, etc. you must be informed at all times. CMM Technology brings you this information with our Medix integrated pro-split cup 6+6, as well as our other drug tests kits. We provide alcohol screening tests, like our Lifeloc FC10, and we even have NATA accredited individual breathalyser recalibration services for all of your breathalyser devices, no matter who you bought them from. If you are looking for a way to know for sure who is doing what in your business, be sure and look at our products. Our employee drug testing equipment is perfect for your business, and our products help you to ensure the asset protection of your company.

This article has been taken from: http://www.cmm.com.au/articles/broken-hearts-broken-guns/

Is it the Flu or Drugs?

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An employee complains he is not feeling well, and the symptoms include a dry cough, fatigue, muscle and joint pain, a headache, stuffy nose, sore throat, and a flushed face due. An employee complains she is not feeling well, and the symptoms include cough, fatigue, muscle and joint pain, a headache, stuffy nose, sore throat, and a flushed face. It may be the first employee has influenza and should go home to recover. The second person may be using drugs like heroin or cocaine and needs rehabilitation services. How is the employer going to tell the difference between an employee with the flu and one using drugs or alcohol?

The symptoms mentioned are common when someone has the flu. Even after recovering from the flu, the fatigue and cough can linger. To prevent the spread of the flu, the person is advised to stay home, drink fluids, and take over-the-counter medications.1 A person with the flu or recovering from the flu may experience anxiety, nervousness, irritability, sweating, shakiness, loss of appetite, and others. A person using illicit drugs needs to stop using them. However, there will be symptoms of withdrawal if the person has used the drugs or alcohol for an extended period of time. For example, people withdrawing from cannabis can experience common symptoms of irritability, nervousness, anxiety, loss of appetite, sleep difficulties, shakiness, sweating, and others.2

Never Jump to Conclusions

Unfortunately, it is impossible to just look at someone and determine the person is on drugs. Often, the flu symptoms and the symptoms of drug use are nearly identical. Employers who jump to conclusions without evidence are setting themselves up for a Fair Work Australia claim, though it may take the form of accusations of discrimination, employer retribution for some reason, and so on. It is just one of the many protections employers get through fairly administered random and for-cause drug and alcohol test. However, it is important to remember that the random testing must be truly random. If there is for-cause testing, the reasons for administering the test must be carefully documented.

There are some differences between the symptoms flu and drug use, but they are mostly behavioural. A worker who has the flu will not get it every month and so will not call in sick every month. Employers will see typical behaviour patterns in chronic drug and alcohol users. Employees using substances frequently call in sick on Monday mornings after a weekend of partying or bingeing. They may frequently call in sick, giving a different excuse each time. Work productivity will decline for longer than a few days. A worker who is sick may not be productive whilst getting sick or recovering but will eventually return to full productivity. That is not necessarily true of a drug or alcohol user or abuser.

The Truth is in the Testing

Whilst an employer would not hesitate to tell someone with the flu to “go home,” the employer has a greater dilemma if substance use is suspected. For-cause drug and alcohol testing is usually justified when someone acts erratically, presents a clearly presents a safety risk, or admits to using substances. The ideal way to identify employees who are using substances is through the random drug and alcohol testing program.

It may not be possible to easily identify flu symptoms versus symptoms of drug use. However, it is very easy to randomly test employees for drugs and alcohol using the high-quality saliva drug testing supplies and breathalyser offered by CMM Technology. The random testing program should be one component of a broader workforce health and wellness program. The reality is that employers want workers who are healthy and safe, meaning they do not have the flu and are not using illicit drugs or alcohol.

This article has been taken from: http://www.cmm.com.au/articles/is-it-the-flu-or-drugs/