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Introduction: In order to supply the water and other fluid flow,keep the balance of the most electrolytes and treat the patient in ICU,having a venous line is essential, and one of the common invasive methods is putting venous catheter.Although this kind of treatment can be considered so effective,it can cause some infections at hospital. According to Harrison idea we’d bether consider the length of putting catheter in the proper place and the quality of special care which will seldom cause infection in the body of the patient who is immunologically normal.  Based on the reports  there have been annually 25000  bacterimia cases caused by  catheter in the U.S.A. In the cased of having no other infection,if the patient has high fever ,we’ll have to disconnect the catheter. The infection range in ICU is 25% compring to the total infection at the hospitalit would be better to mention that 16% of the above percentage is because of intravenous catheter. Thus, one of the hospital infections which is presented by high temperature can be caused by bacterimia related  to medical instrument. Materials & Methods: The research is a descriptive one.Community of the research were all the ICU patients Enviroment of the research ICU in Besat hospital.Sample of the research was done patient concerning the mentioned goals of the recent research. Data getheing was done by a questionnaire containing (10) questions.Specifications of the sample: Admitted patients in ICU, GCS>-- Indotracheal intubation or tracheostomy, Non – used sedation drug.Results: Also in (49%) of cases the duration of venous catheter is 49 to 72 hours with p

Keywords: phlebitis, venous catheter, ICU, hospitalized patients

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