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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Nov. 10, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 19, 2013	Jul. 31, 2011 item	May 31, 2010	Jan. 15, 2015	Sep. 30, 2007 item
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Value of damages awarded	$ 340,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesAwardedValue
Length of time required to post corrected product information on its website	3 years
Length of time required to modify its advertising messages	3 years
Operating Leases
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Becton Dickinson and Company Case
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Recovery amount								5,000,000us-gaap_LitigationSettlementAmount / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = rvp_BectonDickinsonAndCompanyCaseMember
Period from specified date for permanent injunction to stay								12 months
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Value of damages awarded						113,508,014us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesAwardedValue / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = rvp_BectonDickinsonAndCompanyCaseMember
BD and MDC Investment Holdings Inc Case
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Number of U.S. patents infringed upon										2rvp_LossContingencyNumberOfUSPatentsInfringed / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = rvp_BDAndMDCInvestmentHoldingsIncCaseMember
Subsequent events | Becton Dickinson and Company Case
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
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Length of time required to post corrected product information on its website		3 years
Length of time required to modify its advertising messages		3 years
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