2.4.0.82201201 - Disclosure - Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Policies)truefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2013Q2YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0000830052duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_AccountingPoliciesAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Accounting Policies [Abstract]2false 2us-gaap_NewAccountingPronouncementsPolicyPolicyTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">New Accounting Pronouncements</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (&#8220;FASB&#8221;) issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2013-02,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"> Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">("ASU 2013-02"), which provides guidance to update the presentation of reclassifications from comprehensive income to net income in consolidated financial statements. Under this new guidance, an entity is required to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income either by the respective line items of net income or by cross-reference to other required disclosures. The new guidance does not change the requirements for reporting net income or other comprehensive income in financial statements. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2012. We adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2013. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.</font></div></div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaDisclosure of the adoption of new accounting pronouncements that may impact the entity's financial reporting.No definition available.false0New Accounting PronouncementsfalseUnaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Policies)UnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://www.rbclifesciences.com/role/UnauditedCondensedConsolidatedFinancialStatementsPolicies12