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Grifols Collaboration Agreement - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2009	Sep. 24, 2016	Sep. 26, 2015	Sep. 27, 2014
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Collaboration agreements revenue		$ 235.4	$ 253.1	$ 223.3
Blood screening [Member] | Grifols [Member] | Collaboration Agreement [Member]
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Manufacturing costs entitled to recover	50.00%
Share of Revenue from Any Assay	50.00%

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