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Inclusion Criteria: * End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) patients who receive an uncuffed or cuffed CVC for expected chronic HD, regardless of previous ESKD treatment modality (PD or KTX) and hemodialysis access (AV-fistula or AV-graft)) * ≥18 years * Ability to understand the study background, risk and benefit of treatment and to give written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to give informed consent * Known intolerance to beta-lactam antibiotics and clindamycin * Active infection treated with antibiotics * Breastfeeding * Pregnancy. In women of childbearing age, an approved birth control must be ensured at least 1 month before and during all the 6 months of antibiotic/placebo treatment. Patients may be rescreened later i.e. within a time period of one month from start of HD, if exclusion criteria are reversible.