We don't but there are decibel monitor phone apps. Not sure how accurate they are...
I've used one called Sound Meter. It shows 70+ db next to our -80 freezer and 90+ db next to the 6-foot fume hood. In our lab with cryostats it shows 60+ and in a quiet lab, no equipment running, it shows 50+ Tim Morken Pathology Site Manager, Parnassus Supervisor, Electron Microscopy/Neuromuscular Special Studies Department of Pathology UC San Francisco Medical Center -----Original Message----- From: Melissa Burns via Histonet [mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2017 5:46 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Noise Levels in Lab Does anyone monitor the noise levels in their lab? If so, what is your protocol? Do you have a device to do this? Thanks in advance :) Melissa _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet