XML 11 R82.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.20.1

Intangible Assets and Goodwill -Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
	Mar. 28, 2020	Dec. 28, 2019	Mar. 30, 2019	Mar. 28, 2020	Mar. 30, 2019
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset and equipment impairment charges		$ 30.2		$ 30.2	$ 443.8
Medical Aesthetics
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset and equipment impairment charges	$ 30.2	30.2	$ 443.8
Developed technology | Medical Aesthetics
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset and equipment impairment charges		24.1	373.3
Customer relationships | Medical Aesthetics
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset and equipment impairment charges		0.9	14.4
Trade names | Medical Aesthetics
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset and equipment impairment charges		2.0	31.5
Distribution agreement | Medical Aesthetics
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset and equipment impairment charges		$ 1.2	17.8
Equipment [Member] | Medical Aesthetics
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset and equipment impairment charges			$ 6.8

X

- Definition

Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

+ References

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118932676&loc=d3e3602-108585

Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109226348&loc=d3e2420-110228

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

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.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis=holx_MedicalAestheticsDomain
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis=holx_DevelopedTechnologyMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis=us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis=us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis=holx_DistributionagreementMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis=us-gaap_EquipmentMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: