See the 13 restaurants, hotels and other businesses that failed recent health inspections in and around Wichita.

Gery Deer is a Greene County resident and columnist. He can be reached at www.gldcommunications.com.

T he sink is arguably one of the most used household fixtures, whether that’s in the bathroom, kitchen, or laundry room.

A look at more than 70 restaurants, bars and food trucks inspected by the Bucks County Health Department at end of April.

One myth is that using only water to wash hands is enough, or that hand sanitizers can replace hand washing. "A large number of people fail to pay attention to hand washing. Hence, addressing ...

As for hand washing, the restroom handwash sink didn’t have soap or paper ... The prep table’s “stainless steel laminate is not smoothly bonded. It has screws with an accumulation of food ...

But although the dishwasher can effectively wash fully stainless steel ... becomes a concern with sink-soaking because “someone could unknowingly reach in and cut themselves. To protect both your ...

Two bottles of stainless steel polish were stored directly ... There was no hand soap available at the hand washing sink in the men's employee restroom. — The middle cookline reach-in cooler ...

A stainless-steel storage rack was restricting ... There were no hand towels in the dispenser at the hand-washing sink. The door gasket to the prep-line refrigerator was damaged and soiled with ...

Observed garbage can in front of handwashing sink.” “Hand wash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed stainless steel scrub pad in sink. Observed employee dumped sanitizer ...

There was no soap at hand-washing sinks in the kitchen ... Raw chicken was left unattended in a large stainless steel bowl and measured too warm to be considered safe. A small container of ...