Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block] | 1. Business and basis of presentation Description of business Oxford Immunotec Global PLC, or the Company, is a commercial-stage diagnostics company focused on developing and commercializing proprietary tests for the management of immune-regulated conditions. The Company’s proprietary T-SPOT ® TB in vitro TB Unaudited i nterim f inancial s tatements The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the interim condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, of a normal recurring nature, necessary for a fair statement of the financial position at June 30, 2016, the results of operations for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, and the cash flows for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2016 and 2015. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year. The consolidated balance sheet presented as of December 31, 2015, has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of that date. The consolidated financial statements and notes included in this report should be read in conjunction with the 2015 consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2016, or the Company’s 2015 Form 10-K. Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s 2015 Form 10-K describes the significant accounting estimates and policies used in preparation of the consolidated financial statements. There have been no material changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies during the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2016. Recent accounting pronouncements In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-10, Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing In May 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-11, Rescission of SEC Guidance Because of Accounting Standards Updates 2014-09 and 2014-16 Pursuant to Staff Announcements at the March 3, 2016 EITF Meeting , or ASU 2016-11. ASU 2016-11 rescinds certain SEC Staff Observer comments that are codified in Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, and Topic 932, Extractive Activities — Oil and Gas, effective upon adoption of Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Specifically, registrants should not rely on the following SEC Staff Observer comments upon adoption of Topic 606: (a) Revenue and Expense Recognition for Freight Services in Process, (b) Accounting for Shipping and Handling Fees and Costs, (c) Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor to a Customer (including Reseller of the Vendor’s Products) and (d) Accounting for Gas-Balancing Arrangements (that is, use of the “entitlements method”). In addition, as a result of the amendments in Update 2014-16, the SEC staff is rescinding its SEC Staff Announcement, “Determining the Nature of a Host Contract Related to a Hybrid Instrument Issued in the Form of a Share under Topic 815,” effective concurrently with Update 2014-16. The Company is currently evaluating ASU 2016-11 and has not yet determined how it may impact the Company’s financial position or results of operations and related disclosures. In May 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-12, Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients , or ASU 2016-12. ASU 2016-12 amends guidance in Topic 606 on collectibility, presentation of sales taxes, noncash consideration and transition and are intended to address implementation issues that were raised by stakeholders and provide additional practical expedients. The effective date for this update is the same as the effective date for ASU 2014-09. The Company is currently evaluating ASU 2016-12 and has not yet determined how it may impact the Company’s financial position or results of operations and related disclosures. In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-05, Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses Under the U.S. Jumpstart our Business Startups Act, or the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies that become public can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. The Company irrevocably elected not to avail itself of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards and, therefore, it is subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as public companies that are not emerging growth companies. |