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Business Segments and Geographic Information - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Sep. 24, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 25, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 26, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 26, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 26, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 27, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 27, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 24, 2016 USD ($) Segment	Sep. 26, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 27, 2014 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments | Segment									4
Revenues	$ 726,800,000	$ 717,400,000	$ 693,300,000	$ 695,200,000	$ 702,800,000	$ 693,900,000	$ 655,500,000	$ 652,800,000	$ 2,832,700,000	$ 2,705,000,000	$ 2,530,700,000
Intersegment [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Revenues									0	0	0
Diagnostics [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Revenues									$ 1,236,900,000	$ 1,211,800,000	$ 1,186,800,000

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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