A skin disinfectant composition is provided according to the invention. The skin disinfectant composition comprises an effective amount of a disinfectant active component to provide disinfectant properties to skin tissue, an effective amount of a skin bonding polymer component to hold the disinfectant active component to skin tissue so that the disinfectant active component becomes available on skin tissue to provide disinfectant properties, and water. A method of using a skin disinfectant composition is provided.