BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS (Purchase Price Allocation) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Apr. 18, 2014	Mar. 07, 2014	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill			$ 6,000	$ 5,905	$ 6,032
Total intangible assets			$ 44	$ 26	$ 270
Solstas Lab Parnters Group [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 9
Accounts receivable, net		48
Other current assets		12
Property, plant and equipment, net		49
Goodwill		271
Total intangible assets		210
Non-current deferred income taxes		48
Total assets acquired		647
Current liabilities		64
Non-current deferred income taxes		3
Other non-current liabilities		8
Total liabilities assumed		75
Net assets acquired		572
Solstas Lab Parnters Group [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total intangible assets		$ 203
Weighted average useful life		20 years
Solstas Lab Parnters Group [Member] | Tradenames [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total intangible assets		$ 7
Weighted average useful life		2 years
Solstas Lab Parnters Group [Member] | Software [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total intangible assets		$ 0
Summit Health, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 1
Accounts receivable, net	9
Other current assets	16
Property, plant and equipment, net	6
Goodwill	92
Total intangible assets	38
Non-current deferred income taxes	0
Total assets acquired	162
Current liabilities	10
Non-current deferred income taxes	0
Other non-current liabilities	0
Total liabilities assumed	10
Net assets acquired	152
Summit Health, Inc. [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total intangible assets	$ 33
Weighted average useful life	15 years
Summit Health, Inc. [Member] | Tradenames [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total intangible assets	$ 2
Weighted average useful life	1 year
Summit Health, Inc. [Member] | Software [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total intangible assets	$ 3
Weighted average useful life	4 years