Capital Stock and Earnings Per Share Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions				3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2016	Jul. 01, 2016 shares	Jun. 15, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016 vote $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) vote $ / shares shares	Jan. 24, 2017 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2015 $ / shares shares	Nov. 10, 2015 shares
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Common stock authorized (in shares)				2,000,000,000.0	2,000,000,000.0		100
Common stock authorized (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares				$ 0.01	$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Preferred stock authorized (in shares)				15,000,000	15,000,000		100
Preferred stock authorized (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares				$ 0.01	$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Common stock outstanding (in shares)		345,200,000		345,900,000	345,900,000		100	0
Common stock, distribution percentage	100.00%		100.00%
Preferred stock issued (in shares)				0	0		0
Preferred stock outstanding (in shares)				0	0		0
Number of votes per share | vote				1	1
Quarterly dividend (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 0.07
Dividends paid | $					$ 48.4
Danaher Corporation [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Common stock outstanding (in shares)		100					100
Common Stock
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Common stock outstanding (in shares)				345,900,000	345,900,000
Recapitalization (in shares)		345,237,561
Subsequent Event [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Dividends declared (in dollars per share) | $ / shares						$ 0.07