Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenues	$ 2,051us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 2,072us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 4,102us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 4,086us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Cost of products sold	1,005us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	1,019us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	2,011us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	1,999us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold
Selling and administrative expense	511	525	1,055	1,056
Research and development expense	129us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	147us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	258us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	273us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
Acquisition-related costs	113		136
Total Operating Costs and Expenses	1,758us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses	1,690us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses	3,460us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses	3,327us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
Operating Income	293us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	381us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	642us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	759us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense	(91)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(33)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(167)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(67)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Interest income	8us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	10us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	19us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	24us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest
Other income, net	15us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	5us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	17us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	6us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income Before Income Taxes	225	363	510	722
Income tax provision	9us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	76us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	58us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	164us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net Income	$ 216us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 287us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 452us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 558us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Basic Earnings per Share	$ 1.10us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 1.48us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 2.32us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 2.88us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted Earnings per Share	$ 1.08us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 1.45us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 2.28us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 2.82us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Dividends per Common Share	$ 0.600	$ 0.545	$ 1.200	$ 1.090

Acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; business integration costs, systems integration and conversion costs, and severance and other employee-related costs; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

No definition available.