Chitosan and alginate are non-toxic and biocompatible polysaccharides, which have healing properties. Such characteristics make these compounds very appropriate for the production of wound dressings. The focus of this work was to improve the properties of chitosan-alginate membranes prepared by the controlled production of polymeric aggregates. Initially, the process was scaled-up, aiming at accelerating membranes production. The influence of operational conditions on the final product properties was analysed. In a second step, the membranes were covalently crosslinked with glutaraldehyde. In a third step, different ionic crosslinking conditions with CaCl2 and (NH4)2SO4 were evaluated to find the optimal concentrations of crosslinking solutions, which might lead to more resistant membranes.Another used approach was the inclusion of the biocompatible surfactants, Tween 80, Span 80 and Pluronic F68, in the formulation of the membranes, with the purpose of improving the polymeric chains distribution in the system, which could, consequently, improve the mechanical properties of the membranes. The process scale-up led to membranes with tensile strength of 10.97MPa, elongation at break of 2.80%, water uptake after 24h of 5.67g/g and mass loss in water after 1 week of 6.84%. Crosslinking with glutaraldehyde resulted in very fragile and yellow dark membranes, which were not considered satisfactory. Membranes crosslinked with 0.05M CaCl2 and 0.05M (NH4)2SO4 presented better properties than the ones produced in the other conditions, having tensile strength of 19.43MPa, elongation at break of 3.17%, water uptake of 5.28g/g and mass loss in water of 4.56%. The membranes prepared with Tween 80 or Pluronic F68 had a very porous aspect and a lamellar crosssection, while membranes prepared with Span 80 were not considered satisfactory regarding its aspect and malleability. The properties of the membranes prepared with Tween 80 and Pluronic F68 were tensile strength of 1.54MPa and 0.98MPa, elongation at break of 2.06% and 1.96%, water uptake of 13.67g/g and and 13.83g/g and mass loss in water of 31.38% and 30.47%, respectively. The mechanical properties of these membranes were inferior to expected, leading to the conclusion that the use of surfactants improved only the polymeric distribution of the system. Despite that, porous membranes were obtained by a low cost and inedit method, having potential applications as wound dressings, as well as in other areas.