Document And Entity Information - shares	6 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2016	Jul. 15, 2016
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]
Document type	10-Q
Amendment flag	false
Document period end date	Jul. 01, 2016
Document fiscal year focus	2016
Document fiscal period focus	Q2
Trading symbol	dhr
Entity registrant name	DANAHER CORP /DE/
Entity central index key	0000313616
Current fiscal year end date	--12-31
Entity filer category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity common stock, shares outstanding		690,538,430