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MAAS-BGW Certification
Optimize your quality management through integrated occupational safety for improved health and safety
Motivated and satisfied employees generally suffer from lower rates of sickness and provide higher quality work in a safer working environment. With voluntary certification according to MAAS-BGW, you can improve the working conditions and occupational health of your employees on a sustainable basis and therefore increase the competitiveness of your company.
Your benefits from certification according to MAAS-BGW
- Dramatically reduce accidents and work-related illnesses by implementing the appropriate measures
- Sustainably improve the working conditions of your employees
- Benefit from competitive advantages
- Take advantage of the premium for BGW member companies
Your MAAS-BGW Certification at a glance
The management requirements concerning occupational health and safety of the German Employer’s Liability Insurance Association for Health Services and Social Welfare, or its German abbreviation: MAAS-BGW, are a standard for occupational safety in the healthcare sector. The MAAS-BGW define specific requirements on the basis of which you can integrate functional and sustainable occupational safety into your quality management.
MAAS-BGW certification is a voluntary form of certification. After successful certification, member companies are eligible to receive a subsidy from the Employer’s Liability Insurance Association for Health Services and Social Welfare (BGW).
1. Information
Project meeting (by telephone or in person) and preparation for certification.
Project meeting (by telephone or in person) and preparation for certification.
2. Document review by the Professional Association for Health Care and Welfare Services (BGW)
Both during the initial certification and the re-certification, a document review is conducted by the BGW.
Both during the initial certification and the re-certification, a document review is conducted by the BGW.
3.Certification audit
Assessment and review of the description of the management system, review of documented processes and follow-up audit (review of corrective measures), if applicable.
Assessment and review of the description of the management system, review of documented processes and follow-up audit (review of corrective measures), if applicable.
4. Audit report and assessment
Documentation of the audit and assessment of the management system.
Documentation of the audit and assessment of the management system.
5. Certificate
After successfully completing the certification process, you will receive your certificate.
After successfully completing the certification process, you will receive your certificate.
6. Regular surveillance audits
Monitoring takes place at regular intervals.
Monitoring takes place at regular intervals.
7. Recertification
Steps 2 to 7are repeated in the recertification audit three years after initial certification.
Steps 2 to 7are repeated in the recertification audit three years after initial certification.
With the MAAS-BGW, the Employer’s Liability Insurance Association for Health Services and Social Welfare (BGW) has created a specialized quality management system with occupational safety for hospitals, care homes and other healthcare facilities. The management system requirements on occupational safety are a prevention model of the BGW. In this context, the requirements of quality management standards have been extended to include specific criteria.
The MAAS-BGW covers the following key topics:
- Occupational health and safety
- Assessment of the working conditions
- Handling of hazardous substances
- Occupational healthcare
- Emergency management
- Inspection and maintenance of work equipment
Quality management with integrated occupational safety supports companies in designing working conditions that support occupational health and safety in an efficient and sustainable manner. To help them achieve this goal, the employer’s liability insurance sociation offers advice, as well as a refund on their premiums for their successful certification according to the MAAS-BGW. This is generally 50% of the certification costs, up to a maximum of 50% of the annual fee to the BGW, not including insolvency payments, advances or external charges.
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