Manufacturer launches new education platform

A Shropshire manufacturer of products used by the healthcare industry across the globe has launched a major new education platform. 

Serchem, based at Hortonwood in Telford, has unveiled its new Hub following an 18-month development programme and significant investment by the company.

The platform has been designed to support sterile services, endoscopy and decontamination professionals in their day-to-day roles.

It has been created to provide practical learning and support for healthcare professionals using Serchem products, helping staff carry out their work safely, efficiently and with greater confidence in demanding clinical environments.

The modules, which provide users with a total of 8.5 hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) learning, have been co-created by Serchem’s consultant chemist, internal technical specialists and experienced healthcare professionals from a number of the company’s long-standing customers.

The Hub has been specifically designed around the real operational challenges faced within sterile services departments, endoscopy units and wider decontamination environments.

The platform has already undergone extensive user testing involving 95 participants across healthcare environments, helping Serchem refine both the structure and practical usability of the modules before launch.

Free membership to the Hub will be available to Serchem distributors and UK end users purchasing Serchem products, ensuring customers can access ongoing educational support alongside the company’s specialist chemistry and technical expertise.

The Hub modules include: An Overview of Decontamination; Chemistry in Decontamination; Water in Decontamination and Best Practice in Decontamination.

Alison Arnold, commercial director at Serchem, said the launch reflected the company’s long-term commitment to supporting healthcare teams beyond simply supplying products.

“At Serchem, we’ve always believed our responsibility goes far beyond manufacturing chemistry. The people using our products every day work in highly pressured environments where consistency, compliance and patient safety are critical. We wanted to create something that genuinely supports them in their day-to-day responsibilities.

“This has been a substantial investment and an 18-month journey for the business, but it was important that we took the time to build something meaningful, practical and relevant to the healthcare environments we support.

“The Hub has been shaped not only by our own technical expertise, but also by the knowledge and experience of long-standing customers working in real clinical settings. That collaboration has been incredibly valuable throughout the development process.

“We wanted the Hub to be genuinely useful in real working environments, which is why testing and feedback have been such an important part of the process.

“Having more than 100 users involved in testing the platform gave us valuable insight into how healthcare professionals interact with the training and what would support them most effectively in their day-to-day roles.”

The training modules are designed to support both individual learning and wider departmental development, helping strengthen understanding around decontamination processes, chemistry application, compliance and safe working practices.

Alison said: “Education and knowledge are absolutely essential within healthcare decontamination. The Hub is designed to help end users carry out their work safely, effectively and consistently, while continuing to develop their professional knowledge.

“This is another important step forward for Serchem as we continue to invest in supporting healthcare professionals in every way we can.”

Serchem manufactures and supplies specialist decontamination and hygiene chemistry to healthcare providers in the UK and internationally and has built more than 40 years of expertise supporting sterile services, endoscopy and infection prevention teams.

To register for the Hub visit https://www.serchem.com/hub/

Pictured: Daniel Collins of Serchem