(01) Label intelligence for the shelves that keep people well
Everylabel,legible.
Four photos of any medical product become one clean record. Anything it can’t read for certain stays blank.
(02) The small print
A hospital shelf holds thousands of products. What matters most, expiry batch origin is printed in six-point type on the side of a box. MediShelf reads it, so nobody has to squint.
(03) How it reads
How MediShelf reads a label
Any carton, any shelf. MediShelf asks for one photo of every side, so nothing printed is out of frame.
Name and size usually live here, set large for the people picking it off the shelf.
Where the fine print hides. Lot, reference, expiry and the maker, all in six-point type.
Origin lines and translations. Easy to miss, often the only place the factory is named.
Four sides covered. Tricky labels can take up to eight more shots, twelve in total.
The four photos are read as one continuous surface, the way the carton was printed.
A vision model finds each value where it is printed. ISO symbols tell it which is which.
Clean, typed and sortable. The scuffed manufacture date stays empty instead of guessed.
(04) The record
Ten fields.One rule.
Blank beats wrong.
If a value is scuffed, cropped or ambiguous, MediShelf stores nothing and says so. A wrong expiry date is worse than a missing one.
- 01Product nameKestrel Hydrocolloid DressingFront panel. Brand plus descriptor, cleaned of marketing copy.
- 02ManufacturerKestrel Medical Pty LtdBack panel, beside the factory symbol. The legal manufacturer, not the distributor.
- 03Barcode / GTIN09312345678907Back panel, under the bars. Normalised to fourteen digits, check digit verified.
- 04Size10 × 10 cm · 10 dressingsFront and left side. Dimensions and pack quantity, kept together.
- 05Manufacture dateNot detectedBack panel, scuffed in transit. Last digit unreadable. Stored as empty, never guessed.
- 06Expiry date2028-03-31Back panel, beside the hourglass. Stored as a real date so it can be sorted and alerted on.
- 07Lot24B1187Back panel, LOT box. The batch identifier recalls are issued against.
- 08ReferenceKM-HC1010Back panel, REF box. The catalogue number used when reordering.
- 09Manufacturer address18 Dock Rd, Port Melbourne VIC 3207Back panel, under the maker. Full postal address, as printed.
- 10Manufacturing sitePenang, MalaysiaRight side, "Made in" line. Where it was physically made, which can differ from the maker.
- Photos minimum, one per side
- 4Photos minimum, one per side
- Photos maximum for tricky labels
- 12Photos maximum for tricky labels
- Combined upload per product
- 40MBCombined upload per product
- Guessed values. Ever.
- 0Guessed values. Ever.
(05) Medi Mates
Help us learnwhat’s onour shelf.
Medi Mates are the clinicians, storekeepers and volunteers who photograph what is actually on the shelves. Every product you capture makes the catalogue a little more complete for everyone after you.
- 01
Pick a product
Anything with a label on a shelf near you. Dressings, syringes, test kits.
- 02
Shoot every side
The camera guides you round the box. Front, back, both sides, plus extras.
- 03
Check the record
Review what was read, fix anything off, and watch your shelf count grow.
Thanks for being a Medi Mate!
Upload at least 4 photos of each product: front, back and both sides.
Your insights
15products uploaded so far
Keep up the great work!