Quiet-hours stewardship: hosted nightly round, decibel logged against the WHO 30 dB ward guideline — Los Angeles County care organization.

WHO's own Table 4.1 sets a 30 dB LAeq guideline for hospital ward rooms at night, yet direct measurement in ICUs found sound near the patient never fell below 50 dBA even at 4 a.m. (Darbyshire & Young, Crit Care 2013). A Los Angeles County ward can run 20+ dB over the guideline every night, and nobody is paid to simply go turn things down.

Where

A hospital or care-home facility in Los Angeles County, posted and coordinated by that care organization — never claimed on this board's own say-so · Open the map

Pay

$105 proposed

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Proof

round log (date, time, what was done: doors closed, lights dimmed/off, voices reminded, non-clinical equipment muted) + decibel readings logged at set checkpoints with the meter/app named + red flags recorded absent or routed (nursing/clinical staff / 988 / Adult Protective Services or the state Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program / emergency)

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2026-10-04

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Bring

• a calibrated sound-level meter or a tested meter app, and a light-level note (dimmed/off) for each checked area
• a round log (date, time, checkpoints visited, decibel readings, what was done: doors, lights, voices, equipment)
• the nurse call button location confirmed at the start of the round, and the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline number, the 211 referral line, and — depending on state and facility type — the state Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program or Adult Protective Services line, printed for reference
• a facility maintenance/nursing contact for anything the steward cannot resolve (broken equipment, a stuck door)

Steps

1. 1. Confirm the round with the on-duty nurse before starting: which areas, what quiet-hours policy the facility already has (if any), and any patient-specific note (e.g. a patient who needs a light on, or checks that should not be interrupted).
2. 2. Walk the ward: close doors that are open, dim or switch off corridor and unused room lights, mute or lower the volume on non-clinical equipment (TVs, radios), and gently remind staff or visitors on voice volume — conversationally, never as an enforcement action.
3. 3. Take a decibel reading at each set checkpoint (e.g. nurses' station, a central corridor point, outside a patient room with consent) and log it with the time.
4. 4. NEVER touch a patient-monitoring alarm's volume or threshold, and never enter a patient's room to adjust anything without the patient's or nursing's agreement.
5. 5. Note anything not the steward's to fix (see the decision rules) and route it.
6. 6. Log the round (what was done, decibel readings, anything escalated) at the end; hand off to nursing or the next round.

What counts as done

• Round completed with what was done logged: doors closed, corridor/room lights dimmed or off, voices reminded, non-clinical equipment muted
• Decibel readings logged at set checkpoints through the round, with the meter or app named
• Nothing patient-monitoring touched: no alarm volume or threshold adjusted (that stays a clinical decision, logged as such if noticed)
• Every decision-rule red flag recorded as absent or routed as the rule says

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.