SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2014	Mar. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
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
Intangible asset impairment	0	0	0
Other Liabilities
VAT liabilities	7,114,000	5,121,000
Forward contracts	1,255,000	1,786,000
Deferred revenue	24,777,000	23,737,000
All other	26,564,000	26,707,000
Other liabilities	59,710,000	57,351,000
Advertising expense	3,600,000	4,600,000	4,500,000
Foreign currency losses	500,000	800,000	400,000
Building
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	30 years
Sales [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Other Liabilities
Concentration risk, number of customers	0
Japanese Red Cross Society [Member] | Sales [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Other Liabilities
Concentration risk, number of customers		1	1
Credit risk, accounts receivable		$ 90,100,000	$ 99,500,000
Japanese Red Cross Society [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Other Liabilities
Concentration risk (as a percent)	10.70%	9.00%	15.30%
Minimum | Building improvements
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	5 years
Minimum | Plant equipment and machinery
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	3 years
Minimum | Office equipment and information technology
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	3 years
Minimum | Haemonetics equipment
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	3 years
Maximum | Building improvements
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	20 years
Maximum | Plant equipment and machinery
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	15 years
Maximum | Office equipment and information technology
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	10 years
Maximum | Haemonetics equipment
Summary of Significant Accounting Pronouncements [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life	7 years