Acquisitions and Dispositions (Details 3) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended				1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 Cleantec	Jun. 30, 2012 Cleantec	Dec. 31, 2010 Cleantec	Mar. 31, 2012 Esoform	Mar. 31, 2012 InsetCenter	Jun. 30, 2012 Econ Industria e Comercio de Produtos de Higiene e Lipeza Ltda	Sep. 30, 2012 Quimiproductos S.A. de C.V.	Oct. 30, 2012 Champion	Oct. 30, 2012 Champion Subsequent event Pending business acquisition	Mar. 31, 2011 U.S. Cleaning and Sanitizing O.R. Solutions, Inc.	Sep. 30, 2012 U.S. Cleaning and Sanitizing O.R. Solutions, Inc.	Mar. 31, 2011 U.S. Cleaning and Sanitizing O.R. Solutions, Inc.	Sep. 30, 2012 U.S. Cleaning and Sanitizing O.R. Solutions, Inc.	Dec. 31, 2011 U.S. Cleaning and Sanitizing O.R. Solutions, Inc.	Mar. 31, 2011 Int'l Cleaning, Sanitizing & Other Services Cleantec
Components of the aggregate purchase prices of the acquisitions and investment in affiliates:
Net tangible assets acquired (liabilities assumed)	$ 300,000		$ (1,000,000)	$ 57,400,000
Identifiable intangible assets
Customer relationships		200,000	8,400,000	144,900,000
Trademarks			500,000	11,200,000
Patents			2,800,000	300,000
Other technology			300,000	8,400,000
Total intangible assets		200,000	12,000,000	164,800,000
Goodwill	100,000	600,000	23,300,000	92,500,000
Total aggregate purchase price	400,000	800,000	34,300,000	314,700,000			43,000,000							260,000,000
Contingent consideration			(2,600,000)	(4,700,000)
Liability for indemnification	15,200,000		16,000,000	(28,100,000)		(2,000,000)							(100,000,000)				(13,000,000)	(26,000,000)
Net cash paid for acquisitions	15,600,000	800,000	47,700,000	281,900,000
Payment of the escrow balance to the seller					2,000,000										13,000,000
Weighted average useful lives of identifiable intangible assets acquired			13 years	14 years
Estimated annual sales pre-acquisition								12,000,000	6,000,000	9,000,000	35,000,000	1,200,000,000				55,000,000			55,000,000
Total consideration transferred													$ 2,200,000,000
Percentage of consideration paid in cash													75.00%
Percentage of consideration paid in stock													25.00%
Period of escrow deposit													2 years