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Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is a significant topic in hospitalized patients, and the patient characteristics take a key role on risk determination. The knowledge of the profile of catheterized patients not developing CAUTI can facilitate a clearer grasp of the factors that can influence the process of achieving the infection-free outcomes. To present demographic and clinical features of patients in the control group having urinary catheters and find patterns that are applicable to the prevention of CAUTI. A descriptive observational study was done on 200 catheterized adults in a tertiary care hospital. The demographic variables were age, marital status, education, occupation and residence. Some of the clinical variables were diagnosis, postoperative surgery, and BMI. The analysis of data was based on the use of descriptive statistics and independent t-tests. The majority of the patients were aged between 20 and 50 years with the gender distribution close to equal. The majority consisted of married patients, those with secondary or university level of education and individuals residing in the urban areas. The most common diagnosis was urinary retention, which was then followed by urinary incontinence and bladder management after surgery. The most common postoperative surgeries included Prostatectomy and pelvic surgery. The patterns of BMI indicated that there were a higher number of overweight people. The independent t-tests showed significant differences in all the demographic and clinical variables (p < .05).The results indicate a vivid demographic and clinical characterization of catheterized patients who were not exposed to CAUTI. The characteristics are able to facilitate tailored preventive measures and more careful catheter management practices in healthcare facilities.