Compositions for hygienic hand disinfection and disinfectant handwashing

A disinfectant composition comprising:

• a) one or more 1- or 2-(C3- to C18-alkyl) glycerol ethers (glycerol monoalkyl ethers), said alkyl being branched or unbranched;
• b) one or more bis[4-(substituted amino)-1-pyridinium]alkanes of the general formula I or II
• wherein,
• Y is an alkylene group having 4 to 18 carbon atoms,
• R is an alkyl group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 5 to 7 carbon atoms, or a phenyl radical which may be substituted by a halogen atom, and
• A is an anion or a plurality of anions;
• and
• c) one or more amine oxides according to the general formula
• R1R2R3N—O
• in which R1 is methyl, ethyl or 2-hydroxyethyl, R2 is methyl, ethyl or 2-hydroxyethyl, R1 and R2 together may be morpholine, R3 is alkyl having 8 to 18 carbon atoms or R4CONH(CH2)n where R4 is alkyl having 8 to 18 carbon atoms, and n is in the range from 1 to 10, and 2-hydroxyethyl may be condensed with from 1 to 2000 ethylene oxide, ethylene oxide/propylene oxide or propylene oxide units.