OBJECTIVE: To establish a method for the rapid contents determination of potassium chloride and calcium chloride in Compound sodium chloride injection. METHODS: After diluted in appropriate way, Compound sodium chloride injection was sampled directly and contents of potassium chloride and calcium chloride were determined simultaneously by ICP-OES. The powder was 1 300 W, plasma gas flow rate was 15 L/min, auxiliary cooling gas flow was 0.2 L/min, atomizer flow rate was 0.8 L/min, the peristaltic pump rate was 0.8 L/min, atomizer pressure was 315 kPa, and the observation was axial observation, analysis spectral lines of potassium and calcium were 766.490 nm and 315.887 nm. RESULTS: The linear ranges of potassium and calcium were 1.0-12.0 mg/L (r=0.999 7 and 0.999 9); RSDs of precision and reproducibility tests were lower than 1%; recoveries were 98.5%-100.5% (RSD=0.59%,n=9) and 99.3%-102.3% (RSD=0.98%,n=9). CONCLUSIONS: The method is simple, rapid and simple, and can be used for the quality control of Compound sodium chloride injection.