OBJECTIVE: To investigate the annotation of children’s medication information in drug instructions of commonly used topical drugs in dermatology department of children’s hospital

so as to provide reference for improving the drug instructions. METHODS: Drug instructions of 87 kinds of topical drugs in dermatology department from 8 children’s hospitals in China were collected to investigate and analyze the information annotation of children’s medication in the drug instructions. RESULTS: Among the 87 kinds of topical drugs in dermatology department

there were 31 kinds of ointment（35.6%）

27 kinds of cream（31.0%）

and only one kind of special drug for children. Seven kinds（8.0%） were annotated with usage and dosage of children

31 kinds（35.6%） were annotated with medication items of children

only 3 kinds（3.4%） were annotated with pharmacokinetic parameters of children

and 58 kinds（66.7%） were annotated with information for precautions in children. Compared with imported drugs

there was a serious lack of children’s medication information in the drug instructions of domestic drugs. Of the 31 kinds of drugs annotated as children’s medication

15 kinds of instructions were not significant. CONCLUSIONS: There is a serious lack of children’s medication information in the drug instructions of topical drugs in dermatology department

the guidance significance of drug instructions is not great

and there are few special drugs for children

which need to be improved.