Fourth quarterly blood drive slated Sept. 17-21

Mississippi Blood Services personnel will visit the Medical Center Sept. 17-21 for the final of UMMC's quarterly blood drives in 2011-12. All donors will receive an MBS T-shirt. Identification is required to donate blood.

Times, dates and places for the drive include:

* 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, between the Guyton Research Center and the School of Medicine and at the University Hospital entrance;

* 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, between the Guyton Research Center and the School of Medicine;

* 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, between the Guyton Research Center and the School of Medicine;

* 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, in the School of Dentistry lounge;

* 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Batson Children's Hospital entrance;

* 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at the University Hospital entrance; and

* 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, in the Community Meeting Room at the Jackson Medical Mall Thad Cochran Center.

For more information about UMMC's blood drive, call Renee Howard at 4-2884 or send her an e-mail at rhoward@umc.edu.