OBJECTIVE: To establish a method for the simultaneous determination of chloramphenicol, prednisolone acetate and chloramphenicol glycols in Compound chloramphenicol eye drop. METHODS: HPLC was performed on the column of Dionex Acclaim C18 with mobile phase of 0.1% Heptane sodium sulfonate solution-glacial acetic acid-acetonitrile-methanol (60 ∶ 0.2 ∶ 30 ∶ 10,V/V/V/V) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min, detection wavelength was 271 nm, column temperature was 30 ℃, and the injection volume was 10 μL. RESULTS: The linear range was 11.73-703.71 μg/mL for chloramphenicol (r=0.999 8), 12.40-744.06 μg/mL for prednisolone acetate (r=0.999 8) and 1.03-62.03 μg/mL for chloramphenicol glycols (r=0.999 8); limit of quantification of chloramphenicol glycols was 0.01 μg/mL; RSDs of precision and stability tests were lower than 2.0%; RSDs of reproducibility test for chloramphenicol and prednisolone acetate were lower than 2.0%, RSD of chloramphenicol glycols was 4.5%; recoveries were 100.6%-102.7%(RSD=0.60%,n=9), 97.5%-100.3% (RSD=0.80%,n=9), 100.0%-103.2% (RSD=1.10%,n=9), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The method is accurate, simple, and can be used for the simultaneous determination of chloramphenicol, prednisolone acetate and chloramphenicol glycols in Compound chloramphenicol eye drop.