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Debt Convertible Senior Notes (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 08, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Proceeds from issuance of convertible senior notes $ 172,500,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromConvertibleDebt $ 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromConvertibleDebt $ 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromConvertibleDebt  
Other Current Assets [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Deferred financing costs 300,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet
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Other non-current assets [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Deferred financing costs 500,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet
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1,200,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet
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3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 [Member] | Convertible Debt [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Convertible Senior Notes, face amount 172,500,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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    172,500,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Convertible Senior Notes, interest rate, stated percentage 3.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Debt issuance cost 5,100,000us-gaap_DebtIssuanceCosts
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Deferred financing costs 4,200,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet
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Remaining amortization period of discount on the liability component 6 years 0 months 0 days      
Adjustments to Additional Paid in Capital, Stock Issued, Issuance Costs 900,000us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalStockIssuedIssuanceCosts
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Convertible Senior Notes, conversion ratio 31.1891us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleConversionRatio1
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Convertible Senior Notes, conversion price $ 32.06us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleConversionPrice1
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Convertible Senior Notes, threshold trading days 20us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleThresholdTradingDays
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Convertible Senior Notes, threshold consecutive trading days 30 years 0 months 0 days      
Convertible Senior Notes, threshold percentage of stock price trigger 130.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleThresholdPercentageOfStockPriceTrigger
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Convertible Senior Notes, threshold consecutive business days 5 years 0 months 0 days      
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Consecutive Trading Days, Following Consecutive Business Days 5 years 0 months 0 days      
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Percentage of Stock Price Trigger, Following Consecutive Business Days 98.00%qdel_DebtInstrumentConvertibleThresholdPercentageofStockPriceTriggerFollowingConsecutiveBusinessDays
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Convertible Senior Notes, observation period 25 years 0 months 0 days      
Carrying value of equity component, net of issuance costs 29,758,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleCarryingAmountOfTheEquityComponent
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    30,700,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleCarryingAmountOfTheEquityComponent
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Interest expense, Convertible Senior Notes, Amortization 300,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium
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Interest expense, Convertible Senior Notes 300,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebtExcludingAmortization
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Convertible Senior Notes, fair value disclosures       141,900,000us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtFairValueDisclosures
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Proceeds from issuance of convertible senior notes 172,500,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromConvertibleDebt
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3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 [Member] | Other Current Assets [Member] | Convertible Debt [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Deferred financing costs 600,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet
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3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 [Member] | Other non-current assets [Member] | Convertible Debt [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Deferred financing costs $ 3,500,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet
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