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The mean duration of catheterization was 4,9Þ2,8 days. 59 catheters (10%) were removed because of a suspected catheter-related infection. The catheter infection rate was 4% (8,1/1000 catheter days), the catheter bacteraemia rate 1,7% (3,5/1000 catheter days). The CRP-level did not help to diagnose catheter-related infection. A leucocyte count &gt;16,0x103/ml correlated significantly with a negative catheter tip culture. A frequently falling temperature after removal of catheters with negative cultures was an indicator for the impact of non-infectious reasons of catheter-related fever. An ICU length of stay &gt;14 days and the diagnosis &#x27;infection&#x27; on admission were patient-related, a repeated catheterization and a duration of catheterization &gt;5 days catheter-related risk factors. The infecion rate per catheter day remained unchanged with prolonged duration of catheterization but raised with repeated catheterization. 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