BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS (Purchase Price Allocation) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Apr. 18, 2014	Mar. 07, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill			$ 5,905	$ 6,032	$ 5,649
Solstas Lab Parnters Group [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 9
Accounts receivable, net		48
Current deferred income taxes		7
Other current assets		12
Property, plant and equipment, net		49
Goodwill		271
Total intangible assets		210
Non-current deferred income taxes		42
Total assets acquired		648
Current liabilities		64
Non-current deferred income taxes		4
Other non-current liabilities		8
Total liabilities assumed		76
Net assets acquired		572
Solstas Lab Parnters Group [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangibles		$ 203
Weighted average useful life		20 years
Solstas Lab Parnters Group [Member] | Trade Names [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangibles		$ 7
Weighted average useful life		2 years
Solstas Lab Parnters Group [Member] | Computer Software, Intangible Asset [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangibles		$ 0
Summit Health, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 1
Accounts receivable, net	9
Current deferred income taxes	0
Other current assets	16
Property, plant and equipment, net	6
Goodwill	92
Total intangible assets	38
Non-current deferred income taxes	0
Total assets acquired	162
Current liabilities	10
Non-current deferred income taxes	0
Other non-current liabilities	0
Total liabilities assumed	10
Net assets acquired	152
Summit Health, Inc. [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangibles	33
Weighted average useful life		15 years
Summit Health, Inc. [Member] | Trade Names [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangibles	2
Weighted average useful life		1 year
Summit Health, Inc. [Member] | Computer Software, Intangible Asset [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangibles	$ 3
Weighted average useful life	4 years