Amount of expenses associated with exit or disposal activities pursuant to an authorized plan. Includes, but is not limited to, one-time termination benefits, termination of an operating lease or other contract, consolidating or closing facilities, and relocating employees, and termination benefits associated with an ongoing benefit arrangement. Excludes expenses associated with special or contractual termination benefits, a discontinued operation or an asset retirement obligation.

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This item represents the net total realized and unrealized gain (loss) included in earnings for the period as a result of selling or holding marketable securities categorized as trading, available-for-sale, or held-to-maturity, including the unrealized holding gain (loss) of held-to-maturity securities transferred to the trading security category and the cumulative unrealized gain (loss) which was included in other comprehensive income (a separate component of shareholders' equity) for available-for-sale securities transferred to trading securities during the period. Additionally, this item would include any gains (losses) realized during the period from the sale of investments accounted for under the cost method of accounting and losses recognized for other than temporary impairments (OTTI) of the subject investments.

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Segment Data - Financial Information for Company's Segments (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014 Medical [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Medical [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Diagnostics [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Biosciences [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Corporate and All Other [Member]	Jul. 30, 2013 Hospital Plaintiffs [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Hospital Plaintiffs [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Hospital Plaintiffs [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Charge associated with the decision to terminate a research and development program	$ 9	$ 9
Charge resulted from termination			11
Charge from discontinuance				20
Settlement amount						22	22	22
Gain from receipt of cash proceeds					$ 8