Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Danaher's Effective Income Tax Rate

The following table summarizes the Company’s effective tax rate from continuing operations:

	Three-Month Period Ended				Nine-Month Period Ended
	September 28, 2018		September 29, 2017		September 28, 2018		September 29, 2017
Effective tax rate from continuing operations	17.2	%	21.6	%	19.0	%	17.7	%