Abstract: Objective To understand the use of antibiotics in pediatric outpatients in our hospital so as to provide reference for rational drug use.Methods A total of 1000 prescriptions for pediatric outpatients were sampled randomly from our hospital for statistical analysis in respect of the number of drug categories, infusion use frequency and combination of drug uses etc. Results Cephalosporins, macrolides, penicillins took the lead in the total antibacterials used in our hospital. The rate of antibiotics combination was 24.3% in the statistical prescriptions of antibiotics. The average number of drugs prescribed in one prescription was about 4.46. Conclusion The application of antibiotics in different categories is on the high side and antibiotics are combined with Chinese medicine injection or even hormone, which should be paid attention to.

Key words: pediatric outpatient department, antibiotics, drug combination