Biomedical Waste a. SeraCollection will provide adequate biomedical waste disposal to each site, including sharps containers to store material and 1-gal lockable soft-storage containers.
Biomedical Waste. Biomedical Waste" means discarded materials which are likely to be infectious, pathological or biohazardous, originating from residences, hospitals, public or private medical clinics, research laboratories, pharmaceutical industries, blood banks, forensic medical departments, mortuaries, veterinary facilities and other similar facilities and includes (without limitations) equipment, instruments, utensils, fomites, laboratory wastes (including pathological specimens and fomites attendant thereto), surgical facilities, equipment, bedding and utensils (including pathological specimens and disposal fomites attendant thereto), sharps (hypodermic needles, syringes, etc.), dialysis unit waste, chemotherapeutic waste, animal carcasses, offal and body parts, biological materials (vaccines, medicines, etc.), and other similar materials, but excluding any such discarded materials which are reasonably determined by Contractor to be noninfectious, non-pathological and non- biohazardous.
Biomedical Waste. Pathological waste, biological waste cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated biologicals, contaminated animal carcasses (body parts, their bedding, and other wastes from such animals), sharps, chemotherapy waste, discarded medical equipment and parts, not including expendable supplies and materials which have not been decontaminated, as further defined in State Rule 391-3-4.15 of the Board of Natural Resources as such rule existed on January 1, 2006, or as amended from time to time, and other such waste material.
Biomedical Waste. In addition to Tenant’s obligations under the above Section 44.1, Tenant shall comply with all rules and policies set by Landlord, and with all federal, state, and local laws, regulations and ordinances which govern the use, storage, handling and disposal of Biomedical Waste. Tenant shall not permit undue accumulations of garbage, trash, rubbish or other refuse within the Demised Premises and shall keep all refuse in proper containers until disposal of such refuse. Tenant shall not permit the mixing or disposal of any Biomedical Waste with the general office refuse and Landlord shall have no duty or obligation to remove any Biomedical Waste from the Demised Premises. Tenant shall, at Tenant’s cost and expense, be solely responsible for proper containment and disposal of all Biomedical Waste generated in the Demised Premises. Tenant shall be responsible to contract for licensed services to handle and dispose of Biomedical Waste. Such services shall comply with all federal, state and local laws, regulations, ordinances and guidelines. Any spillage or injury from handling Biomedical Waste must be reported to the Landlord. If Tenant breaches the obligations stated above, then Tenant shall indemnify, defend and hold Landlord harmless from and against any claims or liability arising out of or connected with Tenant’s failure to comply with the terms of this provision. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Tenant’s indemnification, liability, or obligations to Landlord extend beyond the limits provided for in Section 768.28, Florida Statutes, as amended, nor shall anything herein be interpreted as a waiver of Tenant’s sovereign immunity or an extension beyond the limits of Section 768.28, Florida Statutes, as amended. Further, such indemnification shall be limited to no more than the negligence attributed to Tenant based on a comparative negligence standard. Additionally, Tenant’s liability for costs and reasonable attorney’s fees shall not alter or waive Tenant’s sovereign immunity or extend Tenant’s liability beyond the limits established in Section 768.28, Florida Statutes, as amended. Tenant’s obligations hereunder shall survive the termination or expiration of this Lease.
