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Methods: This a retrospective case controlled study of hemodialysis patients with a cuffed permanent catheter access conducted over a 12-month period. Those developing CRI acted as the study group and those who remained free of CRI acted as controls. Results: Fifty-seven study patients and 39 controls were included. There were 107 episodes CRIs. The number of episodes of infection/catheter patients was 1.1 after a mean follow up period of 933 (± 255) days. Number of episodes of infection per 1000 catheter/days was 1.2 and per 100 dialysis sessions was 0.714. Conclusions: Risk of infection was increased with femoral placement and number of dialysis sessions. The risk of catheter loss with multiple infections is more. The demographic characteristics are not a risk factor for developing infection.