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. 2020 Jul 22;83(6):1730–1737. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.07.057

Table II.

Allergens commonly encountered with regular hand hygiene

Gloves30,32 Soaps, synthetic detergents, and antiseptics33 Hand sanitizers27
I. Latex
II. Rubber accelerators
  • Thiurams

  • Carbamates

  • Diphenylguanidine

  • Mixed dialkyl thioureas

  • Benzothiazoles

III. Fragrance
IV. Surfactants
  • Cocamidopropyl betaine

  • Cocamide diethanolamine

  • Decyl glucoside

  • Dimethylaminopropylamine

  • Oleamidopropyl dimethylamine

V. Preservatives
  • Dimethyloldimethyl hydantoin

  • Diazolidinyl

  • Formaldehyde

  • Iodopropynyl butylcarbamate

  • Imidazolidinyl urea

  • Isothiazolinones

  • Quaternium-15

Fragrance
Benzoates
Cetyl stearyl alcohol
Tocopherol

These allergens were the top North American Contact Dermatitis Group screening allergens found in skin cleansers for the years 2000 to 2014.33