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Restructuring Plans | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2024
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Restructuring Plans | Note 8 — Restructuring Plans In 2024, Abbott management approved plans to streamline operations in order to reduce costs and improve efficiencies in its nutritional business, including the discontinuation of its ZonePerfect® product line, and in its medical devices segment. In the first three months of 2024, Abbott recorded employee related severance and other charges of approximately $17 million, of which approximately $11 million was recorded in Cost of products sold, approximately $1 million was recorded in Research and development and approximately $5 million was recorded in Selling, general and administrative expenses. Payments related to these actions totaled $3 million in the first three months of 2024 and the remaining liabilities totaled $14 million at March 31, 2024. In addition, Abbott recognized asset impairment charges of approximately $30 million related to these restructuring plans. In 2023 and 2022, Abbott management approved plans to restructure or streamline various operations in order to reduce costs in its medical devices, diagnostic, nutritional and established pharmaceutical businesses. The following summarizes the 2024 activity related to these restructuring actions and the status of the related accruals as of March 31, 2024:
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Accrued balance at December 31, 2023 |  | $ | 137 |
Payments and other adjustments |  | (41) |
Accrued balance at March 31, 2024 |  | $ | 96 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482017/420-10-50-1 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482017/420-10-50-1 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 420 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//420/tableOfContent Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (e) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482017/420-10-50-1 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4(e)) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147479823/420-10-S99-2 + Details
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