--- title: Ebola: Health Care Workers Attend Ebola Training in New York City description: More than 5,000 health care and hospital infection control workers gathered for an Ebola education session amid growing concern. canonical: https://time.com/3528490/ebola-health-care-workers/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-21T17:03:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:40:35.543Z article:section: Health og:title: More Than 5,000 Health Care Workers Attend Ebola Training og:description: More than 5,000 health care and hospital infection control workers gathered for an Ebola education session amid growing concern. og:url: https://time.com/3528490/ebola-health-care-workers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b89936eb676a9ca/69876210cd68486e1d0973c3/photo-50.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2046 og:image:height: 1151 og:image:alt: photo (50) og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: More Than 5,000 Health Care Workers Attend Ebola Training twitter:description: More than 5,000 health care and hospital infection control workers gathered for an Ebola education session amid growing concern. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b89936eb676a9ca/69876210cd68486e1d0973c3/photo-50.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # More Than 5,000 Health Care Workers Attend Ebola Training > Sponsored content. 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Health officials in the US are using a method known as contact tracing, to see who is at risk from Ebola._ by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Oct 21, 2014 5:03 PM UTC  CDC and Mount Sinai health workers demonstrate how to put on and off Ebola personal protective equipment at an Ebola education session in New York City CDC and Mount Sinai health workers demonstrate how to put on and off Ebola personal protective equipment at an Ebola education session in New York City Alexandra Sifferlin by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Oct 21, 2014 5:03 PM UTC More than 5,000 health care and hospital infection control workers gathered at the Javits Center in New York City for an Ebola education session amid growing concern among hospital workers over Ebola preparedness. “We are having a family meeting,” Kenneth Raske, president of the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA) told TIME. “The turnout is spectacular. We may not answer every question \[today\], but we are committed to finding the answers.” The event, which was streamed live nationwide, featured Centers for Disease Control (CDC) experts offering live trainings on how to safely care for patients with Ebola. It was hosted by the Healthcare Education Project from GNYHA/1199SEIU and Partnership for Quality Care. New York governor Andrew Cuomo helped kick off the event, touting New Yorkers’ resilience and ability to always “rise to the occasion” from 9/11 to Hurricane Sandy. “We have a new challenge we must meet today,” said Cuomo. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio also made an appearance, thanking health care workers. “Regardless of immigration status, we will help them all,” said de Blasio, referring to the possibility of patients with Ebola coming into a New York City emergency room. The session included a hands-on demonstration of personal protective equipment (PPE) led by Dr. Bryan Christensen of the CDC’s domestic infection control team for the Ebola response. On Oct. 20, the [CDC revised its guidelines](http://time.com/3525869/cdc-changes-ebola-guidelines/) for Ebola-related care, recommending full-coverage PPE and supervision while taking PPE on and off. Christensen supervised registered nurse Barbara Smith of Mount Sinai Health System as she demonstrated how to put on and take off all the pieces of PPE: sanitizing her hands, putting on her first set of gloves, sitting in a chair to put on her foot covers, donning her suit—and finally doing a little jig, to audience laughter, once she was completely suited. Afterward, she took off each piece, sanitized her gloves numerous times and checked for any holes. The entire process took 15 to 20 minutes, which the CDC said cannot be rushed.  Over 5,000 health care workers gather in the Javtis Center in New York City to attend an Ebola education session. Alexandra Sifferlin CDC officials also reviewed Ebola care protocols in detail, from what to wear and how to discard linens (they can’t be washed) to the way hands should be washed and how to use an alcohol rub to clean gloves before removing them, something that is not usually part of standard procedure. For respiratory protection, the CDC recommends either a powered air purifying respirator ([PAPR](http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/dtopics/infectioncontrol/ppe/comp/papr.html)) or a disposable respirator like [N95](http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/dtopics/infectioncontrol/ppe/comp/n95.html). Emory University Hospital uses the former; the Nebraska Medical Center uses the latter. “When we use equipment we are not used to, it makes it difficult,” said CDC’s Dr. Arjun Srinivasan. “The way we address this is practice, practice, practice.” Massive education sessions like this have been held before over health threats like anthrax, H1N1 and smallpox. “We had to have this in a convention center to accommodate folks,” George Gresham, president of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East told TIME. “Back in the 80s when the AIDS epidemic first started, I was a health care worker myself, and it was the unknown that was the mystery, and the fear, and I think that’s the same here. ” The massive number of health care workers that crowded into the conference center proves that they crave more education about caring for potential Ebola patients. Even though some states, including New York, are identifying specific hospitals that will take in any Ebola patients for actual care, all health facilities have to be prepared for the possibility that a patient like Thomas Eric Duncan could walk through their doors. The hope is that the session was helpful and positive. “I think this is another moment we can calm the public and reassure the public of health care workers’ commitment,” Gresham said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3528490/ebola-health-care-workers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3528490/ebola-health-care-workers/"},"headline":"More Than 5,000 Health Care Workers Attend Ebola Training","datePublished":"2014-10-21T17:03:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:40:35.543Z","description":"\"We are having a family meeting\"","url":"https://time.com/3528490/ebola-health-care-workers/","keywords":["ebola","hospitals","New York City","CDC","Ebola outbreak","nurses"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b89936eb676a9ca/69876210cd68486e1d0973c3/photo-50.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b89936eb676a9ca/69876210cd68486e1d0973c3/photo-50.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"photo (50)","caption":"CDC and Mount Sinai health workers demonstrate how to put on and off Ebola personal protective equipment at an Ebola education session in New York City","creditText":"Alexandra Sifferlin","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/ebola/","name":"ebola"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3528490/ebola-health-care-workers/","name":"More Than 5,000 Health Care Workers Attend Ebola Training"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Contact Tracing: How To Trace The Spread of Ebola","description":"Health officials in the US are using a method known as contact tracing, to see who is at risk from Ebola.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/EJ3m56cA/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-10-02T18:25:06.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/EJ3m56cA.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3528490/ebola-health-care-workers/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3528490/ebola-health-care-workers/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```