My CHIP project focuses on conservation of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the 23,000 workforce members in the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective was to find new ways to extend our existing supply of PPE, identify safe and effective alternatives, and secure new supply that met agency standards. Emphasis is on the decontamination or re-processing of N95 respirators, as there was a critical supply shortage of N95s at the onset of the pandemic. I review the operational phases: discovery, obtaining buy-in or negotiations, and implementation; and discuss what guided our decision-making at each phase. 250,000 N95 respirators were generated to replenish the depleted emergency stockpile for our LA County healthcare workforce as a direct result of my CHIP project.