/ Personal Protective Equipment Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en /blog/grant-will-support-work-improve-ppe-healthcare-workers <p>A multidisciplinary team of researchers is working to improve the design, function and safety of personal protective equipment, or PPE, for health care workers.</p> November 03, 2021 - 10:08am Andy Fell /blog/grant-will-support-work-improve-ppe-healthcare-workers /news/volunteers-sought-fit-test-n95-masks <p>The Sacramento region has been very fortunate, so far, in avoiding COVID-19 infection rates nearly as high as those that have hit other areas of the country and world.</p> <p>Even so, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Health is determined to remain fully prepared should there be a rise in the number of infections from the new coronavirus, again threatening the health and safety of the community.&nbsp;This preparation includes using a well-established decontamination process to create an inventory of backup N95 respirator masks for clinical care teams and other employees.</p> May 27, 2020 - 1:50pm Dave Jones /news/volunteers-sought-fit-test-n95-masks