The invention relates to a method and an automatic disinfection machine for the controlled disinfection of the skin of a patient comprising a treatment chamber for accommodating the body part with the skin to be disinfected； an electrically controllable disinfecting device for disinfecting the skin, a recording device for recording the disinfection of the skin in the form of disinfection data, a data processing control device for controlling the disinfecting device and the recording device. The control device is thereby designed to effect the disinfection of the skin by controlling the disinfecting device, record the disinfection of a skin section of the skin in the form of disinfection data by controlling the recording device.
