Acquisitions (Fair Values Of The Assets Acquired And Liabilities) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Trade accounts receivable	$ 90.2	$ 105.4	$ 859.5
Inventories	10.4	97.0	812.4
Property, plant and equipment	46.6	87.5	1,042.1
Goodwill	584.7	1,015.7	4,164.7
Other intangible assets, primarily customer relationships, trade names and patents	372.6	768.3	2,866.5
In-process research and development	0	61.5	48.9
Trade accounts payable	(24.2)	(50.8)	(278.2)
Other assets and liabilities, net	(101.6)	(287.7)	(1,662.9)
Assumed debt	(21.2)	0	(1,640.4)
Attributable to non-controlling interest	(0.3)	(0.1)	(1.8)
Net cash consideration	957.2	1,796.8	6,210.8
Beckman Coulter
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Trade accounts receivable			783.3
Inventories			774.0
Property, plant and equipment			1,036.2
Goodwill			3,745.8
Other intangible assets, primarily customer relationships, trade names and patents			2,612.1
In-process research and development			48.9
Trade accounts payable			(257.3)
Other assets and liabilities, net			(1,561.0)
Assumed debt			(1,640.4)
Attributable to non-controlling interest			0
Net cash consideration			5,541.6
Others
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Trade accounts receivable			76.2
Inventories			38.4
Property, plant and equipment			5.9
Goodwill			418.9
Other intangible assets, primarily customer relationships, trade names and patents			254.4
In-process research and development			0
Trade accounts payable			(20.9)
Other assets and liabilities, net			(101.9)
Assumed debt			0
Attributable to non-controlling interest			(1.8)
Net cash consideration			$ 669.2