Acquisition - Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Aug. 31, 2012
Schedule Of Business Acquisitions Purchase Price Allocation [Line Items]
Inventory	$ 105.0
Prepaid expenses and other	8.2
Instruments	31.3
Other property, plant and equipment	23.3
Intangible assets	70.0
Goodwill	42.2
Preliminary purchase price	$ 280.0

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Business Acquisition Purchase Price Allocation Financial Instruments Owned

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Business Acquisition Purchase Price Allocation Intangible Assets

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Business Acquisition Purchase Price Allocation Other Property Plant And Equipment

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The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to inventory, including finished goods, work-in-process, and raw materials.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 141

-Paragraph 51

-Subparagraph e

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 141

-Paragraph 37

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The amount of acquisition cost of a business combination allocated to prepaid expenses and other current assets. Does not include amounts allocated to cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, receivables, inventory, and assets not to be used.

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Amount of goodwill arising from a business combination, which is the excess of the cost of the acquired entity over the amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 141

-Paragraph 52

-Subparagraph c

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 141

-Paragraph 53

-Subparagraph d

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