SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2013		Mar. 31, 2012		Apr. 02, 2011
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Term of each fiscal year	1 year		1 year		1 year
Term of each fiscal quarter	91 days		91 days		91 days
Cash and cash equivalents maximum maturity period	3 months
Goodwill impairment	$ 0		$ 0		$ 0
Other Liabilities
VAT Liabilities	5,121,000		6,875,000
Forward Contracts	1,786,000		1,185,000
Deferred Revenue	23,737,000		24,132,000
All Other	26,551,000		21,053,000
Other liabilities	57,351,000		56,899,000
Advertising expense	4,600,000		4,500,000		2,800,000
Foreign currency losses	800,000		400,000		1,400,000
HS Core Liability	156,000	[1]	3,654,000	[1]
Building
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	30 years
Japanese Red Cross Society [Member] | Sales [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Other Liabilities
Concentration risk, number of customers	1		1		1
Credit risk, accounts receivable	90,100,000		99,500,000		95,900,000
Japanese Red Cross Society [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Other Liabilities
Concentration risk (as a percent)	9.00%		15.30%		13.70%
Italy [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member] | Deteriorating Credit and Economic Conditions [Member]
Other Liabilities
Credit risk, accounts receivable	$ 23,400,000		$ 21,000,000
Minimum [Member] | Building improvements
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	5 years
Minimum [Member] | Plant equipment and machinery
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	3 years
Minimum [Member] | Office equipment and information technology
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	3 years
Minimum [Member] | Haemonetics equipment
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	3 years
Maximum [Member] | Building improvements
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	20 years
Maximum [Member] | Plant equipment and machinery
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	10 years
Maximum [Member] | Office equipment and information technology
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	10 years
Maximum [Member] | Haemonetics equipment
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	7 years

[1] See Note 10, Commitments and Contingencies, for details of the HS Core quality issue that occurred during the first quarter of 2012.