Safe Light - D-CaT:2007 System - Blow before you go

Safe Light has released the D-CaT:2007 System for monitoring alcohol levels prior to commencing work.

This is particularly good news for both organisations and employees where employees are driving or operating heavy or dangerous machinery that can be of risk to themselves or others. The D-CaT:2007 System will analyse alcohol on the breath and allow the monitor to create a file of results showing general drink trends therefore allowing preventative action before an accident or fatality occurs.

The D-CaT:2007 System is of benefit to both the employee and employer because it protects the employee from putting themselves in a potentially dangerous situation which may adversely affect their livelihood or at worse result in criminal prosecution. It also protects the employer from unwittingly allowing the operation of vehicles, plant or machinery on or off premises by an employee who is not fit to do so. The Employment Act 2002 clearly states that an employee must ensure he/she is in a fit condition to execute his/her duties. Thus the test will allow an employer to relieve an employee of work for a day if he/she fails the test - realistically this can be for many reasons that would or should never lead to dismissal; example case: A man arrives at work at 08:30 after having celebrated his wifes birthday with generous amounts of alcohol and friends until 03:00 the same morning. Although the man may have taken some rest and feel in control of all his faculties he may still have traces or more of the alcohol in his system. Therefore the D-CaT:2007 System becomes a safety system for all concerned.

The D-CaT:2007 System is extremely cost effective and easy to operate. Each test kit is individually hygenically sealed. The activator unit of the system is a patented and certified product guaranteeing reliable results time after time. An interesting ecological point of this system is that it is a chemically activated system; that means no need for calibration or secondary equipment, no batteries or other power source to charge or replace. This also means the system can be easily used for occasional or random checks.

The D-CaT:2007 System, if adopted by it's present prospectives is likely to become the UK standard for work related alcohol testing. If members of the government decide to adopt this system as a standard in the UK it will go a long way to saving unnecessary cost and time to industry as well as helping to ensure a safer environment for the public and employees in general.