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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions |  |  |  |  | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2020 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) | Mar. 01, 2019 USD ($) | Oct. 02, 2020 USD ($) | Jul. 03, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares | Sep. 27, 2019 USD ($) | Oct. 02, 2020 USD ($) Business | Sep. 27, 2019 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pension liabilities |  |  |  |  | $ 422.8 |  |  | $ 422.8 |  |
Revenue reported by acquired entity for last annual period |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,300.0 |  |
Disposal group, product lines, revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 170.0
Proceeds from sale of product lines | $ 826.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 825.9 | $ 0.0 |
Pretax gain on sale of product lines |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | $ 455.0 | $ 0.0 | 454.6 | 0.0 |
Gain on sale of product lines, net of tax |  |  |  |  |  | $ 305.0 |  |  |  |
Gain on sale of product lines, net of tax, per diluted common share | $ / shares |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0.42 |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10,301.4 |  |
Net cash consideration |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 20,818.5 | $ 331.1 |
Number of businesses acquired | Business |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |
Cytiva |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net cash consideration |  | $ 20,700.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash acquired |  | 100.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pension liabilities |  | 400.0 |  |  | 422.8 |  |  | $ 422.8 |  |
Pretax gain on sale of product lines |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 455.0 |  |
Proceeds from underwritten public offerings of Common Stock and Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock Series A |  |  |  | $ 3,000.0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from term debt |  |  | $ 10,800.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from CP borrowings, Five-year facility borrowings and cash on hand |  | 6,900.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  | $ 10,200.0 |  |  |  |  |  | 10,206.7 |  |
Net cash consideration |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20,714.7 |  |
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pension liabilities |  |  |  |  | $ 0.0 |  |  | 0.0 |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 94.7 |  |
Net cash consideration |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 103.8 |  |
Number of businesses acquired | Business |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |

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