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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease, classified as current.

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease, classified as noncurrent.

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Amount of lessee's right to use underlying asset under operating lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888419&loc=SL77918627-209977

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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 20, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2019
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)	127.9
Related party expenses		$ 17.0
Operating lease right-of-use assets		200.1			$ 182.0
Total operating lease liabilities		212.7			$ 191.0
Operating lease liabilities		26.7
Operating lease liabilities		186.0
Danaher
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		74.2	$ 88.7	$ 84.1
Operating lease right-of-use assets		25.0
Total operating lease liabilities		25.0
Operating lease liabilities		3.0
Operating lease liabilities		22.0
Danaher \| Allocated corporate expenses
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		23.2	31.5	31.5
Danaher \| Insurance programs expenses
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		2.7	3.9	4.3
Danaher \| Medical insurance programs expenses
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		47.6	52.2	47.2
Danaher \| Deferred compensation program expenses
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		$ 0.7	$ 1.1	$ 1.1
Danaher \| IPO expenses
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses	$ 7.0