Segment Information (Segment Results) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Jun. 29, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 29, 2018 USD ($) Business_Segments	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of segments reported \| Business_Segments			4
Sales	$ 4,981.0	$ 4,510.1	$ 9,676.4	$ 8,715.8
Operating profit	867.5	676.7	1,610.5	1,293.7
Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating profit	(54.1)	(47.5)	(108.5)	(94.1)
Life Sciences \| Operating segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	1,605.2	1,384.3	3,081.2	2,692.4
Operating profit	291.5	221.6	562.8	433.2
Diagnostics \| Operating segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	1,550.9	1,440.0	3,070.6	2,767.3
Operating profit	274.3	157.6	522.3	312.2
Dental \| Operating segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	733.4	702.6	1,406.0	1,358.1	$ 2,800.0
Operating profit	104.8	109.8	155.7	199.2
Environmental & Applied Solutions \| Operating segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	1,091.5	983.2	2,118.6	1,898.0
Operating profit	$ 251.0	$ 235.2	$ 478.2	$ 443.2

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
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