Campus Visits by Vendors 

General Information
The purpose of these guidelines is to assist vendors in understanding and following the procedures of the Children's Hospital and Health System Materials Services Department and Pharmacy Services Department. 

The Materials Services Department is charged with the centralized purchasing responsibility for the entire health system and is the primary contact point for all sales representatives of equipment, supplies and services. Hospital personnel are not to meet with sales representatives except as arranged by the Materials Services Department. Exceptions to this policy will be those specifically coordinated between the director of Materials Services and the director of Pharmacy Services. Sales representatives entering the hospital must wear an authorized Hospital Vendor Pass for identification.

Materials Services Purchasing Office Location

• The Materials Services office for administrative and purchasing operations is located at the Children's Hospital and Health System Warehouse 10310 W. Watertown Plank Road, Wauwatosa, WI 53226. The purchasing office is open for operation from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The main office number is (414) 266-3434. Directions to the warehouse are listed on this Web site.

Pharmacy Services Office Location

• The Pharmacy Services office of Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is located in the lower level of the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin main campus hospital building at 9000 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Wauwatosa, WI 53226. The pharmacy office is open for operation from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Directions to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin are listed on this Web site.

Vendor Representatives Requirements

1. Any samples or supplies that are to be evaluated within Children's Hospital and Health System must be given to the Materials Services purchasing staff or material systems consultant within the hospital by the vendor representative. These items will be coordinated by Materials Services in the hospital's product evaluation process.
2. Any equipment requested for evaluation by any staff member within Children's Hospital and Health System must be coordinated with Materials Services and is subject to the entire purchase request and purchase order process as a "trial/evaluation item without intent to purchase."
3. Products and equipment will not be in-serviced by vendor representatives within Children's Hospital and Health System without prior appointments coordinated by Materials Services purchasing staff or materials systems consultant within the hospital.

Visits from sales representatives to any Children's Hospital and Health System location without appointment will not be allowed or tolerated.