Sales-Type Lease, Lease Receivable, Reclassified To Receivable

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Amount of increase (decrease) of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, from reclassification, impairment, donation, or changes classified as other. Examples include, but are not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, and furniture and fixtures.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
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-Section 50
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- Definition

Amount of transaction price allocated to performance obligation that has not been recognized as revenue.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (a)
-SubTopic 10
-Topic 606
-Publisher FASB
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Present value of lease payments not yet received by lessor and amount expected to be derived from underlying asset, following end of lease term guaranteed by lessee or other third party unrelated to lessor, from sales-type lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
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REVENUE (Reagent Rental Arrangements) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023
Reagent rental arrangements
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Estimation of future revenues	$ 72.1		$ 72.1
Sales-type reagent rental arrangements
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Lease receivable asset	21.2		21.2		$ 23.1
Lease receivable asset reclassified to accounts receivable	1.4		4.3
Operating-type reagent rental arrangements
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Instruments transferred to property and equipment	$ 3.9	$ 3.6	$ 10.5	$ 12.2