2025-07-25
As a practitioner with over 20 years of experience in clinical testing and pathogen surveillance, I am well aware that every step from sample collection to laboratory analysis cannot be overlooked, especially the survival of pathogens during low-temperature transportation. Many seemingly minor processing details often determine the accuracy of the final test results. In this crucial link, STGG Transport Medium (namely glucose glycerol buffer) plays an irreplaceable role.
At Babio, starting from practical operations, we delved deeply into various variables in sample storage and transmission, and ultimately developed STGG Transport Medium, which combines stability and operational convenience, to help laboratories and disease control institutions solve the problem of bacterial survival in cold chain transportation.
Many laboratory technicians encounter the same problem: after respiratory samples collected from communities or hospitals are sent to the laboratory, the test results are always unstable, have poor repeatability, and even false negatives occur. In fact, in most cases, it is not that the collection is not standardized, but that the STGG Transport Medium used cannot effectively protect the activity of the target pathogen.
During the development of Babio's STGG Transport Medium, the protective effect against common respiratory bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae was particularly enhanced, ensuring that it can still maintain good activity in a low-temperature environment (2 °C to 8°C), which is convenient for subsequent culture or molecular detection.
I often advise customers that when choosing a transportation medium, they should not only pay attention to the brand but also check the actual product parameters. The following are the core technical indicators of our main promoted products at Babio:
Parameter | Description |
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Storage Temperature | Store refrigerated at 2–8°C |
Shelf Life | 12 months |
Sample Types | Nasopharyngeal swab, oropharyngeal swab, respiratory specimens, etc. |
Pathogen Compatibility | Suitable for Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, etc. |
Anti-Interference Ability | Maintains uniform and stable solution under routine transport vibration |
Downstream Compatibility | Supports various testing methods including culture, qPCR, and NGS |
It is precisely these details that enable Babio's STGG Transport Medium to maintain consistent stability and reliability in daily high-volume inspection tasks.
In actual public health projects, we often need rapid sampling, centralized transportation and batch testing. This high-intensity working mode requires that the transported medium not only be protective but also have operational flexibility. Babio's STGG Transport Medium adopts ready-to-use specifications, eliminating the complex configuration process, effectively improving the front-end sampling speed, and simultaneously enhancing the overall process efficiency.
More importantly, Babio's products have withstood the test of actual high-intensity transportation in multiple disease control projects, verifying their ability to protect the stability of pathogens under cold chain control conditions.
I have participated in the comparison and evaluation of the performance feedback of different brands of STGG Transport Medium by domestic and foreign customers many times. Everyone unanimously recognizes Babio's advantages in the following aspects: high consistency of product batches, strong stability in cold chain transportation, and fast response in technical support. This is also an important reason why we have long been selected by disease control centers, tertiary hospitals and research institutions.
At Babio, we not only offer products but also assist customers in achieving standardized process control from sampling to testing. We are well aware that each sample represents the health and safety of an individual, and we have never taken this responsibility lightly.
If you encounter problems such as a decrease in the positive rate of detection after the samples arrive, failure of bacterial culture, and large fluctuations in data in your daily work, it is very likely related to the STGG Transport Medium you are using. I suggest you try to switch to a more professional and stable plan.
Babio can offer you trial packs and our professional team will provide suggestions for optimizing the sampling process to help you steadily improve the quality of sample transportation.
Our products are highly reliable. If you have any needs, please feel free to contact us at any time. We will be online 24/7 to provide you with efficient solutions.