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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Financing (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, € in Millions						3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 02, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 15, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 08, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 08, 2015 EUR (€)	Oct. 02, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 02, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 15, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2015 EUR (€)	Jul. 10, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Assumed debt	$ 417,100,000					$ 417,100,000	$ 417,100,000
Debt discount and debt issuance costs	$ 13,000,000					$ 13,000,000	$ 13,000,000
Common stock, par value, dollars per share \| $ / shares	$ 0.01					$ 0.01	$ 0.01				$ 0.01
Debt conversion, converted instrument, tax benefit							$ 15,100,000
Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit										$ 11,000,000,000
Ratio of indebtedness to net capital										0.65
Borrowings outstanding under credit facility	$ 0					$ 0	$ 0
Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, redemption price, percent	101.00%
Commercial paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commercial paper, maximum borrowing capacity										$ 11,000,000,000
Weighted average interest rate of long-term debt, interest rate	0.20%					0.20%	0.20%		0.20%
Weighted average maturity of long-term debt (in days)	36 days
Long-term commercial paper	$ 4,000,000,000					$ 4,000,000,000	$ 4,000,000,000
Floating rate senior unsecured notes due 2017 \| Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face value \| €					€ 500.0
Debt instrument, redemption price, percent				100.00%	100.00%
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate				0.45%	0.45%
Long-term debt	$ 562,100,000					$ 562,100,000	$ 562,100,000		€ 500.0		$ 0
1.0% senior unsecured notes due 2019 \| Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face value \| €					€ 600.0
Debt instrument, redemption price, percent				99.696%	99.696%
Interest rate of debt instrument	1.00%				1.00%	1.00%	1.00%		1.00%
Long-term debt	$ 671,800,000					$ 671,800,000	$ 671,800,000		€ 600.0		0
1.7% senior unsecured notes due 2022 \| Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face value \| €					€ 800.0
Debt instrument, redemption price, percent				99.651%	99.651%
Interest rate of debt instrument	1.70%				1.70%	1.70%	1.70%		1.70%
Long-term debt	$ 894,500,000					$ 894,500,000	$ 894,500,000		€ 800.0		0
2.5% senior unsecured notes due 2025 \| Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face value \| €					€ 800.0
Debt instrument, redemption price, percent				99.878%	99.878%
Interest rate of debt instrument	2.50%				2.50%	2.50%	2.50%		2.50%
Long-term debt	$ 895,800,000					$ 895,800,000	$ 895,800,000		€ 800.0		0
1.65% senior unsecured notes due 2018 \| Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face value		$ 500,000,000
Debt instrument, redemption price, percent		99.866%
Interest rate of debt instrument	1.65%	1.65%				1.65%	1.65%		1.65%
Long-term debt	$ 496,800,000					$ 496,800,000	$ 496,800,000				0
2.4% senior unsecured notes due 2020 \| Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face value		$ 500,000,000
Debt instrument, redemption price, percent		99.757%
Interest rate of debt instrument	2.40%	2.40%				2.40%	2.40%		2.40%
Long-term debt	$ 495,800,000					$ 495,800,000	$ 495,800,000				0
3.35% senior unsecured notes due 2025 \| Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face value		$ 500,000,000
Debt instrument, redemption price, percent		99.857%
Interest rate of debt instrument	3.35%	3.35%				3.35%	3.35%		3.35%
Long-term debt	$ 501,100,000					$ 501,100,000	$ 501,100,000				0
4.375% senior unsecured notes due 2045 \| Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face value		$ 500,000,000
Debt instrument, redemption price, percent		99.784%
Interest rate of debt instrument	4.375%	4.375%				4.375%	4.375%		4.375%
Long-term debt	$ 493,500,000					$ 493,500,000	$ 493,500,000				0
5.0% senior notes due 2020 \| Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate of debt instrument	5.00%					5.00%	5.00%		5.00%
Long-term debt	$ 416,500,000					$ 416,500,000	$ 416,500,000				0
Zero-coupon LYONs due 2021 \| Convertible debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate of debt instrument	0.00%					0.00%	0.00%		0.00%
Long-term debt	$ 75,600,000					$ 75,600,000	$ 75,600,000				$ 110,600,000
Shares issued under debt conversion, shares \| shares						51,000	1,200,000
Common stock, par value, dollars per share \| $ / shares	$ 0.01					$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Debt conversion, converted instrument, tax benefit						$ 670,000	$ 15,000,000
Long-term debt \| Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit										4,000,000,000
Long-term debt \| Superseded credit facility \| Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit										2,500,000,000
Short-term debt \| Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit										$ 7,000,000,000
Pall Corporation
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Business combination, consideration transferred			$ 13,600,000,000
Net cash consideration			2,500,000,000
Assumed debt	$ 417,000,000		417,000,000			$ 417,000,000	$ 417,000,000
Pall Corporation \| Commercial paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from debt, net of issuance costs			8,100,000,000
Pall Corporation \| Euro-denominated senior unsecured notes \| Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from debt, net of issuance costs				$ 3,000,000,000	€ 2,700.0
Pall Corporation \| U.S. dollar-denominated senior unsecured notes \| Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from debt, net of issuance costs		$ 2,000,000,000
Pall Corporation \| 5.0% senior notes due 2020 \| Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face value			$ 375,000,000
Interest rate of debt instrument			5.00%
Assumed debt			$ 417,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, effective percentage			2.90%
Subsequent event \| Commercial paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commercial paper, maximum borrowing capacity								$ 8,000,000,000
Subsequent event \| Short-term debt \| Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit								$ 4,000,000,000