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Acquisitions - Fair Value of Company's Ordinary Shares Issued (Detail) (CareFusion [Member], USD $)
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
0 Months Ended
Mar. 17, 2015
Mar. 17, 2015
Mar. 16, 2015
CareFusion [Member]
     
Business Acquisition, Equity Interests Issued or Issuable [Line Items]      
Total CareFusion shares outstanding 205,300,000bdx_BusinessCombinationAcquireesCommonStockOutstanding
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205,300,000bdx_BusinessCombinationAcquireesCommonStockOutstanding
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Conversion factor 0.0777bdx_BusinessCombinationEquityInterestIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByEachShare
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0.0777bdx_BusinessCombinationEquityInterestIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByEachShare
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Number of the Company's shares issued 15,900,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesAcquisitions
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Closing price of the Company's stock on March 16, 2015     $ 142.29us-gaap_SharePrice
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Fair value of the Company's issued shares $ 2,269us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable
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