Specifications include, but are not limited to: The provision of Regulated Medical Waste Disposal Services as outlined below for both University of Southern Maine (Portland, Gorham, Lewiston) and the University of Maine (Orono, Old Town, Walpole). This may include but not limited to: Discarded Human Blood, Blood Products, and Body Fluids: Discarded blood, serum, plasma, blood products, and body fluids. Bodyfluids are defined as fluids which are generated or removed during surgery, autopsy, obstetrics, emergency care, or embalming. Waste saturated with human blood, blood products, or body fluids. These may include items such as sponges, surgical gloves and masks, drapes, aprons, dressings, disposable sheets and towels, under-pads, plastic tubing, suction canisters, used syringes without needles and dialysis unit waste. Pathological Waste: Human tissues, organs, and anatomical parts including teeth, discarded from surgery, autopsy, obstetrical procedures, and laboratory procedures. Discarded Sharps used in patient, animal, cadaver care or in medical and biomedical research laboratories: These include, but are not limited to, hypodermic needles, syringes, scalpel blades, suture needles, disposable razors, lancets, capillary tubes, Pasteur pipettes, broken glassware, IV tubing with needles attached, and dialysis bags with needles attached. Discarded Cultures and Stocks of Infectious Agents and the culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate and mix cultures; discarded clinical specimens and the associated containers or vials; discarded biologicals; and waste from the production of biologicals and recombinant DNA research. o Biologicals: Preparations made from living organisms and their products, including serums, vaccines, antigens, and antitoxins. Discarded Carcasses, Body Parts, Bedding and Other Waste generated by research facilities from animals containing organisms or agents not usual to the normal animal environment and which are pathogenic or hazardous to humans.