Objective To apply quality control circle (QCC) to reducing non-timely maintenance rate of medical equipment.Methods QCC was established,and some measures were taken to observe its effect in decreasing non-timely maintenance rate of medical equipment.Results The non-timely maintenance rate fell from 12.1% to 4.5%,and 0.3 million Yuan was saved for the manpower cost.Conclusion QCC decreases the non-timely maintenance rate of medical equipment,increases the efficiency of the maintainer,shortens the downtime of the fault medical equipment,enhances hospital economic benefit and patient satisfaction and provides references for other hospitals.