Dr. Tyna Moore
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So that was always the big concern was like, do not.
And we've got hundreds of people coming through at a high pace.
And like the risk, that was always my biggest concern as one of the facilitators was like, please, God, do not give any of these patients a joint infection, because that would be the end of it.
And so they were using hypochlorous acid as a spray.
And I was like, how is this water?
I'd never heard of it.
And this was like 10 years ago.
And I'm like, how does this water spray disinfect the joint?
It didn't seem right.
I was like, this isn't... But then one of the orthopedic surgeons on the brigade did a whole lecture on it and he compared it to chlorhexidine.
He compared it to iodine and all the other preps that we would do normally.
And it just outshined all of them.
And it was so inexpensive and it was so great.
And then I came back to the States and I couldn't find it anywhere.
And the only place I could find it was in veterinary medicine.
Um, so the feed store, you know, the Wilco or the tractor supply or whatever.
And then flash forward a few years, I'm in Hawaii with my best friend and I step on a rock that punctures the bottom of my foot.
And I don't know, you probably, you're a surfer.
Staff is super prevalent on the coastline.
I don't know if it's in California yet, but in Hawaii back then, like everybody was getting staff.