Business Overview and Basis of Presentation (Details)					1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
		Jul. 02, 2016	Jul. 01, 2016 shares	Jun. 15, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) segment country shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 20, 2016 USD ($)	Nov. 10, 2015 shares
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term loan	[1]					$ 3,000,000,000
Payments of Dividends					$ 3,000,000,000	$ 48,400,000	$ 0	$ 0
Business Separation, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares Issued per Share				0.5
Number of Countries in which Entity Operates | country						40
Number of Operating Segments | segment						2
Common stock outstanding (in shares) | shares			345,200,000			345,900,000	100			0
Common stock, distribution percentage		100.00%		100.00%
Danaher Corporation [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Common stock outstanding (in shares) | shares			100				100
Common Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Recapitalization (in shares) | shares			345,237,561
Common stock outstanding (in shares) | shares						345,900,000
Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term loan					$ 500,000,000
Senior unsecured revolving credit facility									$ 500,000,000
Debt term					3 years
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior unsecured revolving credit facility					$ 1,500,000,000				$ 1,500,000,000.0
Debt term					5 years
Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt					$ 2,500,000,000

[1] Not included in the table above are net discounts, premiums and issuance costs associated with the Notes, which totaled $20.1 million as of December 31, 2016, and have been recorded as an offset to the carrying amount of the related debt in the accompanying Consolidated and Combined Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2016. In addition, the table above does not include principal balances of $374.8 million under the Commercial Paper Programs and other financing balances of $3.3 million.