Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are recognized. Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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Aggregate revenue recognized during the period (derived from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an entity's earning process). For financial services companies, also includes investment and interest income, and sales and trading gains.

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Cost related consolidation of the Maine operations into the Tennessee facility.

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	Sep. 30, 2011 Year Product Contract	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2009
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Identifiable assets	$ 155,493	$ 154,641	$ 155,997
Major Customers and Segment Information (Textuals) [Abstract]
Number product families which accounted for significant portion of net sales	3
Percentage of major product sales accounted for in net sales	44.00%	43.00%	42.00%
Percentage of consolidated accounts receivables dependant on singe customer	25.00%
Criteria for identifying individual customers as major customers	10% or more
Consolidation of the Maine operations into the Tennessee facility	1,057
Bioline Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Transaction costs	1,240	1,240
Bioline Group [Member] \| United Kingdom [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Identifiable assets	12,825
Bioline Group [Member] \| Australia [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Identifiable assets	2,675
Bioline Group [Member] \| Germany [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Identifiable assets	5,550
Foreign customers [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Combined international sales for U.S Diagnostics and Life Science Operating segments	28,975	19,350	15,568
Italy [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Identifiable assets	17,192	17,378	16,797
United Kingdom [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Identifiable assets		16,990
Germany [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Identifiable assets		4,441
Australia [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Identifiable assets		3,094
U.S. Diagnostics [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Identifiable assets	73,850	72,030	102,506
Sales and marketing leadership reorganization costs	365
European Diagnostics [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Identifiable assets	19,390	18,044	18,221
Sales and marketing leadership reorganization costs	$ 875