Abstract:The modified chitosan (RS-CTS-E) and the corresponding gel membrane were prepared by chitosan (CTS) reacted with salicylaldehyde, and then cross-linked with epichlorohydrin. The modified chitosan membrane with iodine (RS-CTS-E-I2) was prepared by modified chitosan gel membrane immersed in a certain concentration of iodine in ethanol solution. The properties of the RS-CTS-E-I2 membrane were characterized by SEM, IR, etc. The analysis of iodine content showed that the adsorption of iodine of modified chitosan gel membrane increased along with the iodine concentration of ethanol. The adsorption kinetics of iodine result showed that the equilibrium adsorption time was 6 h. The antimicrobial test result showed that the antibacterial diameters of against Staphylococcus aureus and E.coli of the RS-CTS-E-I2 membrane were (31 ± 1) mm and (30 ± 1) mm, respectively, when the iodine mass fraction of the RS-CTS-E-I2 membrane was 19.05%, the bacteriostasis degree was very significant.