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aim aim study identify risk factors mortality associated central lineassociated bloodstream infection clabsi investigate incidence associated etiology trauma patients admitted trauma icu ticu tertiary care teaching hospital northern india materials methods study prospective study conducted trauma icu tertiary care teaching hospital india november 2020 october 2022 adult patients 18 years age central line 48 hours included study automated blood culture system bactalert 3d biomrieux durham nc used microbial detection blood samples recorded patients daily progress catheterrelated data collected used variables data analyzed using statistical package social sciences spss version 220 ibm spss statistics armonk ny evaluate risk factors associated clabsi result total 516 admissions occurred surveillance period 352 patients fulfilled inclusion criteria enrolled study 352 patients total 74 patients developed central lineassociated bloodstream infection clabsi thus incidence clabsi 164 per 1000 central line days 132 per 1000 inpatient days 08 device utilization ratio dur common organisms isolated clabsi cases acinetobacter species 23 followed escherichia coli 165 staphylococcus aureus 156 independent healthcareassociated risk factors clabsi longer length icu stay prolonged duration central venous catheterization common comorbidity associated clabsi diabetes mellitus 203 followed hypertension 148 mortality rate 419 conclusion healthcareassociated risk factors longer length icu stay prolonged duration central venous catheterization risk factors developing central lineassociated bloodstream infections bsi