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Financing (Commercial Paper Program And Credit Facility) (Narrative) (Details)
0 Months Ended 30 Months Ended 42 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Euro-Denominated Commercial Paper
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Euro-Denominated Commercial Paper
EUR (€)
Dec. 31, 2013
Euro-Denominated Commercial Paper
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
U.S. Dollar-Denominated Commercial Paper
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
U.S. Dollar-Denominated Commercial Paper
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Commercial Paper
Dec. 31, 2014
Commercial Paper
Dec. 31, 2014
Revolving Credit Facility
USD ($)
Jul. 15, 2016
Eurodollars Base Rate
Revolving Credit Facility
Jul. 15, 2016
Minimum
Federal Funds Base Rate
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                        
Commercial paper $ 764,600,000us-gaap_CommercialPaper $ 450,000,000us-gaap_CommercialPaper $ 315,000,000us-gaap_CommercialPaper
/ us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis
= dhr_EuroDenominatedCommercialPaperMember
€ 260,000,000us-gaap_CommercialPaper
/ us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis
= dhr_EuroDenominatedCommercialPaperMember
$ 0us-gaap_CommercialPaper
/ us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis
= dhr_EuroDenominatedCommercialPaperMember
$ 450,000,000us-gaap_CommercialPaper
/ us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis
= dhr_U.S.DollarDenominatedCommercialPaperMember
$ 450,000,000us-gaap_CommercialPaper
/ us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis
= dhr_U.S.DollarDenominatedCommercialPaperMember
         
Weighted average interest rate of short-term debt                 0.13%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
/ us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember
     
Weighted average maturity of commercial paper, days               12 days        
Line of credit                   2,500,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
   
Basis spread percentage to determine floating interest rate                     1.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= us-gaap_EurodollarMember
0.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= dhr_FederalFundsBaseRateMember
Consolidated leverage ratio                   0.65us-gaap_RatioOfIndebtednessToNetCapital1
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
   
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding                   $ 0us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember