Knowledge is one of our best defenses against the flu. So every Thursday, the MCC Daily Tribune will tackle your questions about H1N1 flu, the college’s response and preparation for it, and what you can do. Send your questions to <mailto:marcom@monroecc.edu>.
Q: In the September 14 Tribune, you said that departments could purchase tissue and hand sanitizer from departmental budgets. Can you provide a little more guidance on how to do that?
The Administrative Services Division responds:
A. Departments may use their budgets to purchase tissues and hand sanitizer for office use. This is in an effort to assist College departments in taking proactive steps to protect the health of the College community. The Purchasing Department has been authorized to process orders for the following items via Stapleslink®:
1) Purell Hand Sanitizer: 12 Oz Pump Style. Staples item #391513.
2) Marcal Facial Tissue in various quantities depending upon a department’s need. When you are in the Stapleslink system, enter ‘Marcal Facial Tissue’ in the search box to bring up the various options available.
These items can be included in your normal Staples Order and will be delivered directly to your department with any other items you would order via Stapleslink. Departments are instructed not to purchase these items outside of the Stapleslink system. Petty cash reimbursement is no longer available should a department choose to buy these items from personal funds.
Also noted in the September 14 Daily Tribune, sanitizing wipe dispensers are on the way. The units will dispense individually wrapped sanitizing wipes that can be used to wipe down desks, doorknobs or other common-use surfaces. Their locations will be posted on our MCC and H1N1 web site as soon as they are in place. Since the College will be providing these wipes from special funds, departments can no longer order sanitizing wipes from their departmental budgets.
The ability to order these items is a temporary response the H1N1 concern. The end of the ability to purchase these items from operating funds will be tied to a determination from health officials that the threat is over (or significantly reduced to the ‘normal annual flu threat’).
Please contact the Purchasing Department at ext. 2080 if we can assist you in anyway.
Help spread the facts, not the flu.
Cynthia Cooper
College and Community Relations
09/17/2009 |