Ecolab Inc. closed the sale of its global surgical solutions business to Medline in a $950 million cash deal. The business unit sold drapes, under the Microtek brand name, donned by surgeons and patients and also used on operating room equipment. Ecolab said it will continue to serve hospitals through its infection prevention (environmental hygiene programs to reduce hospital acquired infections) and instrument reprocessing businesses, which offers cleaning and sterilization solutions for ins...