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1077 - Disclosure - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Summary of Goodwill Amounts Allocated to Reporting Units (Detail)
(http://www.alere.com/taxonomy/role/DisclosureGoodwillAndOtherIntangibleAssetsSummaryOfGoodwillAmountsAllocatedToReportingUnits)
TableSchedule of Goodwill [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0001145460 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Goodwill [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2015-01-01 - 2015-12-31
2014-01-01 - 2014-12-31
Segments [Axis]Segments [Axis]
Professional Diagnostics [Member]Patient Self-Testing Segment [Member]Consumer Diagnostics [Member]Segments [Domain]Professional Diagnostics [Member]Patient Self-Testing Segment [Member]Consumer Diagnostics [Member]Segments [Domain]
Goodwill beginning balance
2,838,805,000  
32,870,000  
54,991,000  
2,926,666,000  
2,915,417,000  
33,545,000  
58,035,000  
3,006,997,000  
Balance transfer at January 1, 2015
32,870,000  
(32,870,000) 
0  
0  
    
Acquisitions
32,970,000  
0  
0  
32,970,000  
(546,000) 
(25,000) 
0  
(571,000) 
Dispositions
(58,611,000) 
0  
0  
(58,611,000) 
(16,517,000) 
0  
0  
(16,517,000) 
Other
(53,081,000) 
0  
(11,029,000) 
(64,110,000) 
(59,549,000) 
(650,000) 
(3,044,000) 
(63,243,000) 
Goodwill ending balance
2,792,953,000  
 
0  
 
43,962,000  
 
2,836,915,000  
 
2,838,805,000  
 
32,870,000  
 
54,991,000  
 
2,926,666,000