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Acquisitions Acquisition - Fair Value of Company's Ordinary Shares Issued (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value of the Company’s issued shares		$ 8,004	$ 0	$ 0
CR Bard Inc [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total Bard shares outstanding	73,359,000
Conversion factor	0.5077
Conversion of Bard shares outstanding	37,243,000
Conversion of pre-acquisition equity awards	104,000
Total number of the Company's share issued	37,347,000
Closing price of the Company’s stock	$ 214.32
Fair value of the Company’s issued shares	$ 8,004