Objective To explore the effect of quality control circle(QCC)on reducing adverse event incidence of the instrument management.Methods QCC group of 7 nurses in the central sterile supply department was set up for QCC training and then analyze the causes of adverse events in the instrument management and finally make countermeasures to apply continuous quality improvement.Result The adverse incidents were significantly decreased from 69 before QCC to 24 after QCC.(χ2=33.694;P<0.01).Conclusion QCC is effective in the reduction of the adverse events in instrument management and improvement of surgical safety.