An apparatus for hand disinfection quality control, the apparatus comprising - a housing , wherein within the housing the apparatus comprises: - a hand inspection cavity formed on a front face of the housing and adapted for receiving a hand of a user, - a plurality of light sources arranged to direct ultraviolet, UV, or visible light or infrared, IR, radiation to an internal space of said hand inspection cavity, - at least one digital camera arranged in the hand inspection cavity and configured to capture images in the UV, visible or IR spectrum, - a hand proximity sensor configured to detect presence of a hand of a user within said hand inspection cavity, - a container for storing a disinfectant medium, - a dispenser for a metered dosage of the disinfectant medium, - a processor unit , and - an internal data storage unit , wherein on the outer surface of the housing the apparatus further comprises: - input means for locally controlling the operation of the apparatus, and - display means , wherein the disinfectant medium contains an UV or IR absorbing material, or a phosphorescent material or a chemiluminescent material, and wherein the processor unit is configured - to generate intensity information for the hand from the images recorded by the at least one camera , said intensity providing information on the extent of the hand surface area covered by the disinfectant medium, - to process said intensity information using a predetermined or user-specific evaluation algorithm for determining the acceptable level of hand sanitation, and - based on said intensity information processing, to determine whether or not the quality of disinfection of the inspected hand is acceptable. - a housing , wherein within the housing the apparatus comprises: - a hand inspection cavity formed on a front face of the housing and adapted for receiving a hand of a user, - a plurality of light sources arranged to direct ultraviolet, UV, or visible light or infrared, IR, radiation to an internal space of said hand inspection cavity, - at least one digital camera arranged in the hand inspection cavity and configured to capture images in the UV, visible or IR spectrum, - a hand proximity sensor configured to detect presence of a hand of a user within said hand inspection cavity, - a container for storing a disinfectant medium, - a dispenser for a metered dosage of the disinfectant medium, - a processor unit , and - an internal data storage unit , - a hand inspection cavity formed on a front face of the housing and adapted for receiving a hand of a user, - a plurality of light sources arranged to direct ultraviolet, UV, or visible light or infrared, IR, radiation to an internal space of said hand inspection cavity, - at least one digital camera arranged in the hand inspection cavity and configured to capture images in the UV, visible or IR spectrum, - a hand proximity sensor configured to detect presence of a hand of a user within said hand inspection cavity, - a container for storing a disinfectant medium, - a dispenser for a metered dosage of the disinfectant medium, - a processor unit , and - an internal data storage unit , - input means for locally controlling the operation of the apparatus, and - display means , - to generate intensity information for the hand from the images recorded by the at least one camera , said intensity providing information on the extent of the hand surface area covered by the disinfectant medium, - to process said intensity information using a predetermined or user-specific evaluation algorithm for determining the acceptable level of hand sanitation, and - based on said intensity information processing, to determine whether or not the quality of disinfection of the inspected hand is acceptable. <EOS>