_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: Email: laminesaid@yahoo.fr; International Journal of Pathogen Research 3(1): 1-9, 2019; Article no.IJPR.51273 Risk Factors and Microbiological Control of Soils, Surfaces and Medical-technical Equipment at the Abomey-Calavi / So-Ava University Hospital Center, Benin Akim Socohou 1 , Haziz Sina 1 , Cyriaque C. Degbey 2 , Helène Ahouandjinou 3 , Houssenatou Gounou-Kora 4 , Farid Baba-Moussa 3 , Adolphe Adjanohoun 1 and Lamine Baba-Moussa 1* 1 Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moléculaire en Microbiologie, Département de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, 05 BP 1604 Cotonou, Bénin. 2 Institut Régional de Santé Publique de Ouidah, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, BP 384 Ouidah, Bénin. 3 Laboratoire de Microbiologie et des Technologies Alimentaires, Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Bénin. 4 Centre Hospitalier de Zone Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Bénin. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Authors AS, HS, CCD and LBM designed the study, performed the statistical analysis, wrote the protocol and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Authors HA and HGK managed the analyses of the study. Authors FBM and AA managed the literature searches. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/IJPR/2019/v3i130086 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Ohanu, Ekechukwu Martin, Senior Lecturer, Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Ituku Ozalla Campus, Enugu, Nigeria. Reviewers: (1) Nain Taara Bukhari, Agha Khan University, Pakistan. (2) Bassey Etta Agbo, University of Calabar, Nigeria. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/51273 Received 08 July 2019 Accepted 10 September 2019 Published 20 September 2019 ABSTRACT Aims: The aim of our work was, on the one hand, to evaluate the risk factors for infectious contamination in hospital environments and, on the other hand, to carry out a microbiological control of surfaces at the Abomey-Calavi / So-Ava hospital in Benin. Original Research Article