Purchasing Prescription Safety Glasses

Per Department discretion, employees may obtain prescription safety glasses from Stanford University designated vendors.

For department-wide or large group orders:

  • Department administrator contacts John Clark of Essilor at (800) 328-4912 x 2039 to set the Department's desired contribution level for employee orders and schedule an optician to come onsite.
  • Essilor provides an Authorization / Order Form for employees to complete and bring to appointments with the Essilor optician.
  • Employees bring their current prescriptions to the Essilor optician.
  • Inform Employees that they will need to cover any costs of glasses above the set Department contribution amount (where established).

For individual orders:

  • Employee makes an appointment with offsite vendor listed on the 3M-provider website: http://www.aosafetysrx.com/
    (Click on "Eye Care Professional Locator" on top right corner).
  • Employee brings completed "Prescription Eyewear - Order Form" available at hhttp://www.aearo.com/aosafetysrx.com/2012%20SSOL%20FORM.pdf to the vendor.
  • Employee must bring his/her current prescription to vendor.
  • Employee is responsible for full payment to vendor, and may submit a Request for Reimbursement up to the contribution amount set by the Department.

For any questions, contact EH&S- Industrial Hygiene/ Safety Program at 723-0448.