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Central venous catheters are essential above all in intensive care units, to such an extent that all the patients have one or several catheters.Recently there are other alternatives for the insertion of central lines and one is the two-lumen or multilumen central line peripherally inserted through Seldinger technique which allows:- Administration of hypertonic solutions and drugs- Haemodynamic monitoring- Sample’ s extractionBut the price is the risk of nosocomial infection and for this reason nurses play a fundamental role for their direct implication in the catheter’s care since its insertion until it is removed.The aim of this work is to report in a general way which the procedures and the nursing cares are for the insertion and the maintenance of the polyurethane multilumen catheter inserted through Seldinger technique based on a wide bibliographic review and the consultation with experts on the subject.