A recent study by Dr Gareth Robinson of the University of the West of England (UWE) compared the efficiency of Dycem, peel-off mats and vinyl flooring in reducing viable organisms through the use of bioluminescence. The use of salmonella enterica clearly demonstrated that Dycem is highly effective whereas both of the other systems were not.

Dycem gets to work immediately to kill viable bacteria and after 3 hours between 65 and 100% of all viable organisms were dead.

Whereas the two other materials tested took far longer to exhibit a rate of inhibition and in fact after 3 hours both the peel-off mat which was a major manufacturers antimicrobial version and a regular vinyl floor actually had more viable organisms on them than at the start of the test.

Light output from S. enterica sv Typhimurium pGLITE suspended in nutrient broth inoulated onto a range of flooring surfaces.	Recovery count from flooring samples inoculated with S. enterica sv Typhimurium pGLITE for a period of three hours in moving air