Segment Information (Segment Results) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2017 USD ($) Business_Segments	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of segments reported \| Business_Segments			4
Sales	$ 4,528.2	$ 4,132.1	$ 13,244.0	$ 12,298.1
Operating profit	767.5	699.1	2,075.1	2,022.3
Operating segments \| Life Sciences
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	1,392.6	1,325.4	4,085.0	3,911.8
Operating profit	246.8	204.7	680.0	574.1
Operating segments \| Diagnostics
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	1,448.7	1,212.7	4,216.0	3,606.5
Operating profit	242.7	193.9	554.9	606.3
Operating segments \| Dental
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	694.0	675.6	2,052.1	2,046.1
Operating profit	102.2	101.3	301.4	305.6
Operating segments \| Environmental & Applied Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	992.9	918.4	2,890.9	2,733.7
Operating profit	222.8	223.4	666.0	640.1
Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating profit	$ (47.0)	$ (24.2)	$ (127.2)	$ (103.8)

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
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