Capital Stock and Earnings Per Share Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions				3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2016 shares	Jul. 01, 2016 shares	Nov. 10, 2015 shares	Dec. 31, 2017 vote $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) vote $ / shares shares	Jan. 23, 2018 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2016 $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2016 shares	Dec. 31, 2015 shares	Dec. 31, 2014 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		2,000,000,000
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		15,000,000
Preferred stock authorized (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares				$ 0.01	$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Common stock outstanding (in shares)	345,200,000		0	347,800,000	347,800,000		345,900,000
Common stock, distribution percentage	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 | $					$ 97.2
Danaher Corporation [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Common stock outstanding (in shares)	100							100	100
Common Stock
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Common stock outstanding (in shares)				347,800,000	347,800,000		345,900,000		0	0
Recapitalization (in shares)		345,237,561	345,200,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Dividends declared (in dollars per share) | $ / shares						$ 0.07