---
title: 'Think Fast: What the Sterile Processing Industry Can Learn from a Fast Food Giant'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/think-fast-what-the-sterile-processing-industry-can-learn-from-a-fast-food-giant'
show: 'Beyond Clean'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/beyond-clean'
published: '2022-03-10'
audio: 'https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/beyondclean/Article_083_-_Think_Fast.mp3'
---

# Think Fast: What the Sterile Processing Industry Can Learn from a Fast Food Giant

written by Hank Balch

## Summary

In this episode of Articles On-The-Go, Hank Balch discusses lessons healthcare can learn from the fast food industry, including how to handle compensation -- "As wages increase in other industries, it puts a dramatic squeeze on current SPD staff retention and shrinks the available applicant pool as these candidates consider other higher-paying jobs outside of the healthcare setting."

#sterileprocessing #wefightdirty