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Capital Stock and Earnings Per Share Narrative (Detail)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Millions
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Jul. 02, 2016
Jul. 01, 2016
shares
Jun. 15, 2016
Mar. 31, 2017
$ / shares
shares
Dec. 31, 2016
Vote
$ / shares
shares
Dec. 31, 2016
USD ($)
Vote
$ / shares
shares
Jan. 24, 2017
$ / shares
Dec. 31, 2015
$ / shares
shares
Nov. 10, 2015
shares
Earnings Per Share [Line Items]                  
Common stock authorized (in shares)       2,000,000,000 2,000,000,000 2,000,000,000   100  
Common stock authorized (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares       $ 0.01 $ 0.01 $ 0.01   $ 0.01  
Preferred stock authorized (in shares)       15,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000   100  
Preferred stock authorized (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares       $ 0.01 $ 0.01 $ 0.01   $ 0.01  
Preferred stock issued (in shares)       0 0 0   0  
Preferred stock outstanding (in shares)       0 0 0   0  
Common stock outstanding (in shares)   345,200,000   346,600,000 345,900,000 345,900,000   100 0
Common stock, distribution percentage 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%            
Number of votes per share | Vote         1 1      
Quarterly dividend (in dollars per share) | $ / shares       $ 0.07 $ 0.07        
Dividends paid | $           $ 48.4      
Dividends declared (in dollars per share) | $ / shares             $ 0.07    
Common Stock                  
Earnings Per Share [Line Items]                  
Common stock outstanding (in shares)       346,600,000 345,900,000 345,900,000      
Recapitalization (in shares)   345,237,561              
Danaher Corporation [Member]                  
Earnings Per Share [Line Items]                  
Common stock outstanding (in shares)   100           100