Samples from two pools were sent 10 times to 27 laboratories for assay ofdigoxin.One pool contained digoxin 2.60 nmol/l in normal plasma (SP); the other was pooled plasma from patients treated with digoxin (PP). Ten radioimmunoassay (RIA) methods were used. The mean of SP assays was 2.59 nmol/l, not significantly different from 2.60 nmol/l. The mean of PP determinations was 2.46 nmol/l. Within each of the 10 assay rounds, the concentrations showed an almost twofold variation and S.D. averaged 0.33 nmol/l and 0.31 nmol/l for SP and PP respectively.Significant differences (P