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Business Combination - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions									3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Nov. 29, 2021	Jun. 17, 2021	Mar. 01, 2021	Feb. 22, 2021	Jan. 04, 2021	Sep. 28, 2020	Aug. 23, 2020	Dec. 30, 2019	Sep. 24, 2022	Jun. 25, 2022	Mar. 26, 2022	Sep. 24, 2022	Sep. 25, 2021	Sep. 26, 2020
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price												$ 160.1	$ 1,178.9	$ 269.0
Goodwill									$ 3,236.5			3,236.5	3,281.6
Contingent consideration									12.0			12.0	16.3
Increase in contingent consideration liability												(39.5)	(6.7)	0.3
Intangible assets, net									1,280.6			1,280.6	1,659.2
Impairment of acquired intangible assets and equipment												27.7	0.0	$ 4.4
Customer Relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Asset Acquisition, Consideration Transferred													5.6
Mobidiag Oy
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price		$ 729.6
Developed technology		285.0
Customer relationships		20.9
Trade names		20.0
Goodwill		$ 427.7
Impairment of acquired intangible assets and equipment									27.7
Mobidiag Oy \| Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value, discount rate		15.00%
Mobidiag Oy \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value, discount rate		19.00%
Mobidiag Oy \| Developed Technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization period		11 years 8 months 12 days
Mobidiag Oy \| Customer Relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization period		9 years 1 month 6 days
Mobidiag Oy \| Trade Names [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization period		11 years 7 months 6 days
Biotheranostics
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price				$ 231.3
Fair value, discount rate				18.00%
Weighted average amortization period				10 years
Developed technology				$ 160.3
Trade names				2.1
Goodwill				$ 80.9
Diagenode
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price			$ 155.1
Weighted average amortization period			10 years
Developed technology			$ 69.8
Customer relationships			9.2
Goodwill			$ 83.5
Diagenode \| Developed Technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value, discount rate			14.50%
Diagenode \| Customer Relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value, discount rate			13.50%
Somatex Medical Technologies
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price					$ 62.9
Developed technology					38.0
Customer relationships					1.2
Trade names					0.9
Goodwill					32.4
Net acquired tangible assets and liabilities					$ 9.6
Somatex Medical Technologies \| Developed Technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization period			8 years
NXC Imaging
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price						$ 5.6
NXC Imaging \| Customer Relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization period						5 years
Acessa Health
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price							$ 162.0
Fair value, discount rate							18.00%
Weighted average amortization period							10 years
Developed technology							$ 127.0
Trade names							1.2
Goodwill							49.1
Contingent consideration							81.8		23.4			23.4
Increase in contingent consideration liability											$ (12.2)	(39.5)	$ (6.7)
Acessa Health \| Accrued expenses
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contingent consideration									12.0			12.0
Acessa Health \| Other long-term liabilities
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contingent consideration									11.4			11.4
Acessa Health \| Holdback
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contingent consideration							$ 3.0
Health Beacons
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price										$ 19.7
Goodwill									6.2			6.2
Intangible assets, net									10.7			10.7
Acquired tangible assets and liabilities									$ 2.8			$ 2.8
Alpha Imaging
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price								$ 18.0
Weighted average amortization period								5 years
Bolder Surgical
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price	$ 160.1
Fair value, discount rate		16.00%
Developed technology	73.6
Customer relationships	21.7
Trade names	1.4
Goodwill	$ 68.8
Bolder Surgical \| Developed Technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization period	10 years
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization period	10 years
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization period	10 years