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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2015
Mar. 30, 2014
Jan. 20, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]        
Fair value of the consideration at the date of acquisition       $ 66,300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
Net revenues 429,430,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 438,546,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet    
Income (loss) from continuing operations before taxes 48,605,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 43,803,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest    
Human Medics        
Business Acquisition [Line Items]        
Fair value of the consideration at the date of acquisition     8,900,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
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Initial payment     7,400,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
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Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Liabilities Incurred     1,800,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredLiabilitiesIncurred
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Working capital adjustment related to acquisition 300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProvisionalInformationInitialAccountingIncompleteAdjustmentConsiderationTransferred
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Transaction expenses $ 300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationSeparatelyRecognizedTransactionsExpensesAndLossesRecognized
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