UV security trays at Gatwick

The UK’s first UV treatment of security trays has been installed at Gatwick to protect passengers and staff by reducing the spread of coronaviruses.

Laboratory tests demonstrate 99.9% disinfection rate with every tray treated immediately before each passenger uses it.  The system – provided by Smiths Detection – sees each tray pass through a covered ‘UV-tunnel’ fixed underneath the exiting hand luggage screening system.

Gatwick is the first airport in the UK to treat its security trays with enough UV light energy to guarantee a 99.9% microbe disinfection rate – protecting passengers and staff and reducing the spread of coronaviruses, including Covid-19, and other infections on this high-touch surface area.

Following a one-month trial on a single security lane in July, with laboratory testing demonstrating a 99.9% microbe disinfection rate, the new system will be rolled out on eight lanes in Gatwick’s North Terminal – six for passengers and two for staff – by the end of this month.

The system uses short-wavelength UV-C light, which laboratory tests show is effective against coronaviruses, including Covid-19 and SARS, as the radiation warps the structure of their genetic material and prevents the viral particles from replicating.

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