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	Sep. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011 JPY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Cost of products sold [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Cost of products sold [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Cost of products sold [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Cost of products sold [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Cost of products sold [Member] Nondesignated [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Cost of products sold [Member] Nondesignated [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Cost of products sold [Member] Nondesignated [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Cost of products sold [Member] Nondesignated [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Interest Rate Swap [Member] Interest expense, net [Member] Fair Value Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Interest Rate Swap [Member] Interest expense, net [Member] Fair Value Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract [Member] Interest expense, net [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract [Member] Interest expense, net [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Other long-term liabilities [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Other long-term liabilities [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Other current liabilities [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Other current liabilities [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Other current assets [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Other current assets [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Other assets [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Other assets [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Option [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Option [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Foreign Exchange Option [Member] Other current assets [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Foreign Exchange Option [Member] Other current assets [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Foreign Exchange Option [Member] Other assets [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Foreign Exchange Option [Member] Other assets [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Interest Rate Swap [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Other assets [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Interest Rate Swap [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Other assets [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Other current liabilities [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Other current liabilities [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Cash Flow Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 Cash Flow Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Cash Flow Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 Cash Flow Hedging [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($)
Derivative instruments designated as fair value hedges
Gain on Instrument													$ 21,200,000	$ 25,200,000
Loss on Hedged Item													(21,200,000)	(25,200,000)
Gross unrealized losses from derivative instruments
Amount of Gain / (Loss) Recognized in OCI																	31,800,000	(49,300,000)	(42,300,000)	9,600,000									(2,200,000)	1,500,000							200,000			29,600,000	(49,300,000)	(40,600,000)	9,600,000
Amount of Gain / (Loss) Reclassified from OCI					(7,000,000)	5,000,000	(24,400,000)	12,600,000							(7,900,000)	(11,400,000)																								(14,900,000)	5,000,000	(35,800,000)	12,600,000
Gains/(losses) from derivative instruments
Gains (losses) from derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments									9,700,000	(14,700,000)	(4,000,000)	3,600,000
Fair value of derivative instruments on gross basis
Derivative Assets																									26,100,000	32,200,000	12,500,000	11,600,000			2,300,000	400,000	1,800,000	2,300,000	26,700,000	1,500,000								69,400,000	48,000,000
Derivative Liabilities																					17,600,000	14,400,000	43,600,000	37,600,000														11,200,000	0					72,400,000	52,000,000
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Numeric)
Time hedged in interest rate fair value hedges		9 years
Derivative notional amount, Total				250,000,000
Senior notes due				500,000,000
Interest rate of Senior Notes				4.625%
Description of terms of Interest rate Derivatives terms				Receive a fixed interest rate of 4.625 percent and pay variable interest equal to the three-month LIBOR plus an average of 133 basis points
Description of variable interest rate basis	three-month LIBOR	three-month LIBOR
Basis spread	0.185%			1.33%
Expected months of hedging of intercompany sales of inventory to minimize the effects of foreign exchange rate movements	30 Months
Notional amounts of outstanding forward contracts and options entered into with third parties to purchase U.S. Dollars	1,200,000,000
Notional amounts of outstanding forward contracts entered into with third parties to purchase Swiss Francs	220,800,000
Minimum notional amounts of foreign currency forward exchange contracts	1,200,000,000
Maximum notional amounts of foreign currency forward exchange contracts	1,700,000,000
Variable rate debt borrowed by Japan Subsidiary	143,000,000
Notional amount of cross currency interest rate swap agreement			11,798,000,000
Description of terms of cross currency interest rate derivatives terms	Pay a fixed interest rate of 0.1 percent and receive variable interest equal to the three-month LIBOR plus 18.5 basis points
Interest rate of cross currency interest rate swap	0.10%
Fair value of outstanding derivative instruments, net unrealized loss deferred in other comprehensive income	37,200,000
Fair value of outstanding derivative instruments, unrealized loss net of taxes deferred in other comprehensive income	19,000,000
Fair value of outstanding derivative instruments, net unrealized loss expected to be reclassified to earnings	25,100,000
Fair value of outstanding derivative instruments, unrealized loss net of taxes expected to be reclassified to earnings	$ 12,500,000